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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 Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
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.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-2 Tage30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
5-151-43-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
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RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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