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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 of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
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.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.When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.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
MediumLowLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend30 min Setup, dann laufend30-60 minSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-7Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalRAID Log, Status Report SourceExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsPrioritized 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
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
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