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Selected:SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)Root Cause Tree Analysis Smoke Test Change Analysis

Criterion	Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)	Operations Root Cause Tree Analysis	Product Discovery Smoke Test	Operations Change 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 problem with several suspected causes, the method builds a causal structure instead of a mere list. It makes visible how causes connect and where the strongest points of leverage lie.	When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.	For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.
Complexitydifferent	High	Medium	Low	Medium
Timedifferent	Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope	1-3 h	1-5 Tage	45-120 min
Participantsdifferent	Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting	2-8	Nutzertraffic	2-6
Formatdifferent	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	Cause Tree, Evidence Notes, Countermeasures	Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note	Change Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality	Root causeTreeIncidentQuality	ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth	ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison

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