Software Architect's Handbook

ATAM participant roles

The main participant roles during ATAM evaluation are the evaluation team, project decision makers, and stakeholders. The evaluation team, which should ideally be a group that is external to the software project, consists of a team leader, evaluation leader, scenario scribe, proceedings scribe, and questioner.

• Team leader: The team leader coordinates and sets up the review. They are responsible for creating the evaluation team as well as ensuring that the final report is produced.
• Evaluation leader: The evaluation leader runs the actual review. This includes facilitating sessions that create/prioritize/select/evaluate scenarios.
• Scenario scribe: The scenario scribe writes notes about the scenarios on a whiteboard or ...