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| Criterion |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Facilitation World Café |
|---|---|---|
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 a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 12-100+ |
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 | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking |
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