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Criterion
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Paper illustration of NeOn Methodology with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
NeOn Methodology
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
Purposedifferent
A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.The NeOn Methodology structures ontology work as a controlled process with reuse, scenarios, and reviews. It is useful when ontologies should not emerge ad hoc but modularly and reusably.Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHighMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-2 TageMehrere Wochen bis Monate2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
5-151-42-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewOntology Requirements Specification, Reuse Plan, Ontology Modules, Evaluation ReportCompetency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix
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RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
OntologyMethodologyReuseSemanticEngineering
OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
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