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| Criterion | ![]() Decision Making Radar | ![]() Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop | ![]() Operations Fishbone Diagram | ![]() Operations ABC Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 2-4 h | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 5-15 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action Areas | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control List |
Tagsno overlap | AssessmentPortfolioCapability | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop | Root causeQualityOperations | PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio |



