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| Criterion |  Decision Making Radar |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |  Operations ABC Analysis |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When capabilities, maturity levels, or market positions need to be compared across several dimensions, overview is easily lost. Radar brings different characteristics into a shared picture and shows patterns faster than tables do. | 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. | With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 2-4 h | 30-60 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 5-15 | 1-5 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action Areas | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control List | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes |
Tagsno overlap | AssessmentPortfolioCapability | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop |