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| Criterion |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Architecture Quality Attribute Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 2-4 h | 1-5 Tage | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic | 5-15 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns |
Tagsno overlap | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop |