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| Criterion |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  UX Research Surveys |  UX Research Affinity Diagramming |  Product Discovery Outcome-Driven Innovation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal. | When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer. | Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 3-14 Tage | 45–90 min | Mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 50+ | 3-10 | 2-6 researchers plus sample |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Survey Results, Charts, Segment Insights | Theme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas | Desired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypotheses |
Tagsno overlap | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | QuantitativeResearchValidation | SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause | OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative |