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| Criterion |  Business Strategy VRIO Framework |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The VRIO Framework rates resources and capabilities on whether they are Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, and Organized. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a VRIO table and strategic actions. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | 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 a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 2-4 h | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 3-12 | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 5-15 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VRIO Table, Strategic Actions | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | 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 | Spotify Model Map, Action List |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyDiagnosisBusiness modelCapability | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis |