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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Architecture arc42 |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | 1-2 Tage | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |