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Selected:WSJF Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Change Analysis SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)

Criterion	Agile WSJF	Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis	Operations Change Analysis	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 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.	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.	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	High	Medium	High
Timedifferent	45-90 min	2-6 h	45-120 min	Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope
Participantsdifferent	3-10	3-10	2-6	Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting
Formatdifferent	Workshop	Workshop	Workshop + async	Workshop + async
Outputdifferent	Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions	FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions	Change Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List	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	RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause	ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison	ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality

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