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Selected:Quality Attribute WorkshopNeOn MethodologyATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)Competency Questions
| Criterion | ![]() Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop | ![]() Knowledge Modeling NeOn Methodology | ![]() Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method) | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The NeOn Methodology structures ontology work as a controlled process with reuse, scenarios, and reviews. It is useful when ontologies should not emerge ad hoc but modularly and reusably. | ATAM helps teams weigh architecture decisions when quality goals compete. The team considers business goals, stakeholder expectations, and technical decisions together. The evaluation shows which risks need further investigation. | Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | Mehrere Wochen bis Monate | Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 2-10 | Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Ontology Requirements Specification, Reuse Plan, Ontology Modules, Evaluation Report | Prioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | OntologyMethodologyReuseSemanticEngineering | ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic |



