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Paper illustration with architecture components and concrete change tasks for comparison.
Architecture
SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
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MORT 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.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.
Complexitysame
HighHigh
Timedifferent
Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scopeMehrere Tage bis Wochen
Participantsdifferent
Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting2-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + 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 alternativesMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic Recommendations
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ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
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