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Selected:SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)Goal Question MetricARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)KPI Tree
| Criterion |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Product Strategy KPI Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. | When metrics across the organization drift apart, it arranges drivers and effects under one shared logic. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a KPI tree and owner list. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 90-180 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 90-180 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 3-6 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-8 |
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 | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | KPI Tree, Owner List |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | MetricsStrategyAlignmentMeasurement |