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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Agile Example Mapping |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|
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 story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 3-7 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |
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