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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Domain Modeling EventStorming |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 2-8 h | 45-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 5-12 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Event Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open Questions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |