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Criterion	Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)	Product Discovery Opportunity Interview	Operations Failure Mode and Effects 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.	When opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities.	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.
Complexitydifferent	High	Medium	High
Timedifferent	Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope	30-60 min je Interview	2-6 h
Participantsdifferent	Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting	5-12 Interviews	3-10
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	Workshop + async	Workshop
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	Interview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer Quotes	FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality	DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer	RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause