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Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
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.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-153-20 Reviewer4-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog
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RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
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Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing