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| Criterion |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  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 discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 2-6 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | 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 | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |
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