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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | 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. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 20–45 min | 60-90 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | Small cross-functional group | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions |