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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Product Kata |  Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method) |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Product Kata helps clarify customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence through a repeatable improvement routine. It captures direction, current metric, target metric, experiment notes, and learning. | ATAM helps teams weigh architecture decisions when quality goals compete. The team considers business goals, stakeholder expectations, and technical decisions together. The evaluation shows which risks need further investigation. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-2 Wochen je Loop | Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning report | Prioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations |
Tagsno overlap | OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching | ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders |
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