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Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
Scenario Planning method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
Scenario Planning
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP 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.Scenario Planning opens the view to several plausible futures instead of a single forecast. The method protects strategies from depending on too narrow an expected path.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h0.5-2 Tage1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
5-154-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsScenario Set, Strategic Implications, Robust OptionsGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes
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RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
StrategyUncertaintyPlanning
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
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