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| Criterion |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Growth A/B Testing |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | 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. | SAAM helps teams judge an architecture’s suitability for selected tasks and changes. It is particularly useful for examining modifiability and comparing architecture alternatives with clear reasoning. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 1-6 | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Domain functions mapped to components and connections, Quality attributes and evaluation criteria, Typical tasks and their effects on the architecture, Reasoned evaluation or comparison of alternatives | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |