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Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Paper illustration for Problem Interview
Product Discovery
Problem Interview
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.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 the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h60-90 min30-60 min je Interview
Participantsdifferent
5-154-125-12 Interviews
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogProblem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer Segments
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RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
DiscoveryInterviewsValidation
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Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
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
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)