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Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
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.When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.
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MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
5-154-123-10
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsStarfish Board, Practice Changes, ExperimentsEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items
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RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
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Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
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