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Criterion
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
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.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h60-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-154-101-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
Tagsno overlap
RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
DecisionTreeOptions
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Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe