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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Operations Change Analysis |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | SAAM helps teams judge an architecture’s suitability for selected tasks and changes. It is particularly useful for examining modifiability and comparing architecture alternatives with clear reasoning. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-120 min | 45-60 min | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 2-6 | 2-8 | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Change Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Domain functions mapped to components and connections, Quality attributes and evaluation criteria, Typical tasks and their effects on the architecture, Reasoned evaluation or comparison of alternatives |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality |