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| Criterion |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|
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. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | Small cross-functional group |
Formatdifferent | 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 | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |
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