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Selected:WSJF ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Pareto Analysis

Criterion	Agile WSJF	Architecture ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)	Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis	Decision Making Pareto Analysis
Purposedifferent	When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.	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.	For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.	In many problem situations, effect is distributed unequally across many causes. A Pareto Analysis separates the few drivers with high leverage from the long remainder and focuses attention on what measurably moves the needle.
Complexitydifferent	High	High	High	Low
Timedifferent	45-90 min	Several meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope	2-6 h	30-60 min
Participantsdifferent	3-10	Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders	3-10	1-6
Formatdifferent	Workshop	Workshop + async	Workshop	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions	Prioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations	FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions	Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List
Tagsno overlap	LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization	ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders	RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause	PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause

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