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| Criterion |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Operations Change Analysis |  Decision Making Pareto Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | 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. | In many problem situations, effect is distributed unequally across many causes. A Pareto Analysis separates the few drivers with high leverage from the long remainder and focuses attention on what measurably moves the needle. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 90-180 min | 45-120 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 3-8 | 2-6 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | 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 | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Change Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List | Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison | PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause |