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| Criterion |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Operations Scatter Diagram |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|
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 the question is whether two measures are related, the method makes patterns in the data picture visible. It separates felt correlations from relationships that actually show up in the data. | When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 30-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 1-4 | 2-8 |
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 | Scatter Plot, Korrelationsnotiz, Hypothesenliste | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog |
Tags1 shared | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | Root causeQualityVisualization | Root causeQualityOperations |
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