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Criterion	Systems Thinking System Dynamics Simulation	Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas	Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)
Purposedifferent	System Dynamics Simulation makes assumptions about time, delay, and feedback testable through experiments. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a simulation model and scenario reports.	The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.	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.
Complexitydifferent	High	Medium	High
Timedifferent	Mehrere Tage bis Wochen	60-120 min	Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope
Participantsdifferent	1-5 Modellierende, Stakeholder asynchron	2-8	Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting
Formatdifferent	Async	Workshop + async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Simulation Model, Scenario Reports	Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan	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
Tagsno overlap	Systems thinkingDynamicsSimulationAnalysis	ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas	ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality