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| Criterion |  Agile ROAM Board |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |  Operations Change Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 2-6 h | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-15 | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 3-10 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
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 | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions | Change Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List |
Tagsno overlap | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause | ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison |