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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 Ontology Design Patterns with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Ontology Design Patterns
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.Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-2 Tage1-3 h pro Pattern
Participantsdifferent
5-151-41-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewSelected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation
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RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling
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Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
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Paper illustration of NeOn Methodology with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
NeOn Methodology
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record