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| Criterion |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Growth Growth Experiment |  Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When growth ideas surface quickly, the temptation to build immediately instead of learning is high. A Growth Experiment frames an assumption so target group, lever, and measurement are clear before the first deployment. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 1-2 Wochen | 30-60 min | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 1-6 | 1-5 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | 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 | Experiment card, Result summary, Next bet | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | MarketingGrowthExperimentsLearning | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |