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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Product Discovery Opportunity Interview |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 30-60 min je Interview | 60-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 5-12 Interviews | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |