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| Criterion | ![]() Architecture Risk Storming | ![]() Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check | ![]() 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. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | 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 | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 5-15 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 1-5 | 5-15 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns |
Tagsno overlap | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | StartupValidationCompetition | RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop |
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