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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
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 a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly.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.For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend60-120 minSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-8Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept IdeasPrioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigationsContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
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