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Criterion	Agile WSJF	Operations Change Analysis	Architecture Architecture Decision Record	Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)
Purposedifferent	When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.	For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.	An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.	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	Low	High
Timedifferent	45-90 min	45-120 min	15-45 min	Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope
Participantsdifferent	3-10	2-6	1-3	Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting
Formatdifferent	Workshop	Workshop + async	Async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions	Change Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale	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	LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization	ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance	ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality

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