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Criterion
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
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 goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h45-90 min60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-153-83-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
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RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
GrowthRetentionConversion
GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio
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