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Criterion
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Four paper stations connect system purpose, quality goals, risk cards and focused investigation with a target and gap profile.
Architecture
LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.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 many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMediumHigh
Timedifferent
90-180 min20–45 min3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-8Small cross-functional group1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people3-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
CoD Table, Prioritization SequenceRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logLean 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 checksRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
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