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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Solution Interview |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min je Interview | 60-90 min | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-10 Interviews | 4-12 | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation Notes | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | 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 | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationInterviewsPrototype | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |