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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Fault Tree Analysis.
Operations
Fault Tree Analysis
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Purposedifferent
With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work.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.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.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
LowLowHighHigh
Timedifferent
Ongoing30 min Setup, dann laufend2-6 hSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope
Participantsdifferent
1-201-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-8Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesRAID Log, Status Report SourceFault Tree, Critical Paths, Cause Hypotheses, Control ActionsPrioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RiskRoot causeSafety
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
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