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In [[software engineering]], '''Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method''' (ATAM) is a risk-mitigation process used early in the [[software development life cycle]].

ATAM was developed by the [[Software Engineering Institute]] at the [[Carnegie Mellon University]]. Its purpose is to help choose a suitable architecture for a software system by discovering trade-offs and sensitivity points.

ATAM is most beneficial when done early in the software development life-cycle, when the cost of changing architectures is minimal.