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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  UX Research Empathy Mapping |  Architecture Request for Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a lot is assumed about a target group but little is seen jointly, empathy mapping makes knowledge and gaps directly comparable. The picture also shows which assumptions hold up and where evidence is missing. | An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 60-90 min | 30–60 min | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 4-10 | 4-8 | 3-20 Reviewer |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Empathy Map, Assumptions List, Research Gaps | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | SynthesisQualitativeWorkshop | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance |