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Selected:Acceptance Criteria WorkshopLASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)Fishbone DiagramExample Mapping
| Criterion |  Agile Acceptance Criteria Workshop |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |  Agile Example Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update. | LASR helps development teams identify where their software falls short of important quality goals and which improvements to consider. A small group with existing system knowledge can make an initial assessment and investigate open questions in more detail. | 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. | When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min pro Story | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 30-60 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 2-8 | 3-7 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Acceptance Criteria, Story Update | Lean Mission Statement describing the software’s purpose, Prioritized quality goals and evaluation criteria, Risks and estimated gaps against quality goals, More closely examined findings and open checks | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog | Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | Root causeQualityOperations | Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement |