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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.ATAM helps teams weigh architecture decisions when quality goals compete. The team considers business goals, stakeholder expectations, and technical decisions together. The evaluation shows which risks need further investigation.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend1-4 Wochen45-90 minSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-63-8Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsPrioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
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