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Criterion	Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)	Systems Thinking System Dynamics Simulation	Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas
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.	System Dynamics Simulation makes assumptions about time, delay, and feedback testable through experiments. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a simulation model and scenario reports.	The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent	High	High	Medium
Timedifferent	Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope	Mehrere Tage bis Wochen	60-120 min
Participantsdifferent	Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting	1-5 Modellierende, Stakeholder asynchron	2-8
Formatdifferent	Workshop + async	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	Simulation Model, Scenario Reports	Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap	ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality	Systems thinkingDynamicsSimulationAnalysis	ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas