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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | Half day | 60-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 3-12 | 4-10 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |