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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of two user profile cards with a goal, behavior evidence, and an open research question.
UX Research
Personas
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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 target groups stay too vague and teams talk about the same people differently, personas create a shared, solid picture of usage. Condensed profiles make needs, contexts, and differences tangible enough for decisions.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.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 laufend1-3 Tage1-4 WochenSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyoneInternes Team1-6Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourcePersona Profiles, Needs Summary, Scenario NotesExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryPrioritized 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
ResearchCustomerSynthesis
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
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