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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration for Fault Tree Analysis.
Operations
Fault Tree Analysis
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Purposedifferent
When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.For a critical top event with several possible triggers, the method logically models failure paths. It makes visible which combinations of conditions can lead to damage.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.ATAM helps teams weigh architecture decisions when quality goals compete. The team considers business goals, stakeholder expectations, and technical decisions together. The evaluation shows which risks need further investigation.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend2-6 h30 min Setup, dann laufendSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)3-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyoneEvaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalFault Tree, Critical Paths, Cause Hypotheses, Control ActionsRAID Log, Status Report SourcePrioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
RiskRoot causeSafety
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
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