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| Criterion |  Agile WSJF |  Architecture SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method) |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |  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. | 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 problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. | 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 | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | 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 | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List |
Tagsno overlap | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality | Root causeQualityOperations | PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause |