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Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-2 h Setup, laufend1-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
5-1511-4
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View
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RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
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ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
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