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| Criterion |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Operations Change Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE 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. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | 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. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 30-60 min | 45-120 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 3-12 | 2-6 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | 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 | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Change Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison | StrategyMarketAnalysis |