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Criterion
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
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 several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
5-153-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsSketches, Concept Directions, Design Decisions
Tagsno overlap
RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
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