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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Decision Making RAPID |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 1-2 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 3-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | DecisionRolesGovernance |
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