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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Innovation Reverse Brainstorming |  Innovation Lotus Blossom |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | For persistent errors or blockages, the method shifts the view to the opposite of the desired effect. It exposes the mechanics of failure and makes hidden causes easier to grasp. This makes improvement more concrete and the problem clearer. | When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 3-12 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Reverse Ideas, Risk Themes, Solution Ideas | Lotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityRisk | BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop |
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