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Paper radar with five axes, two current and target profiles, and evidence cards beside each dimension.
Decision Making
Radar
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP 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.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h2-4 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-105-152-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Radar Map, Capability Scores, Action AreasQuality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes
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AssessmentPortfolioCapability
RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Four paper stations connect system purpose, quality goals, risk cards and focused investigation with a target and gap profile.
Architecture
LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)
Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis