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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  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. | 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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | 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 | 60-90 min | 1-5 Tage | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 4-10 | Nutzertraffic | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |