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| Criterion | ![]() Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop | ![]() Operations Family Tree Analysis | ![]() Operations Causal Factor Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a series of incidents with a similar pattern, the method arranges individual events as branches of a common origin. It makes visible which conditions keep recurring. | For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 2-4 h | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 2-6 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Family Tree Diagram, Pattern Notes, Systemic Measures | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | Root causePatternsIncidentSystemic | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline |
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