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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
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)
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
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.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.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHighLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend30 min Setup, dann laufendSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope20-40 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyoneEvaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders3-15
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalRAID 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 investigationsROAM Board, Owner List
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
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