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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Change Analysis.
Operations
Change Analysis
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
Paper illustration with architecture components and concrete change tasks for comparison.
Architecture
SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)
Purposedifferent
When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly.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.
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Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend45-120 min1-6 WochenPreparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope
Participantsdifferent
3-152-64-10Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action PlanDomain 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
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
QualityProblem solvingRoot cause
ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality
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