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| Criterion |  Agile ROAM Board |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-15 | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | ROAM Board, Owner List | 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 | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |
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