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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Domain Storytelling with its core stages and visible working result.
Knowledge Modeling
Domain Storytelling
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)
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration for Standard Work Analysis.
Operations
Standard Work Analysis
Purposedifferent
Domain Storytelling translates domain knowledge into a shared narrative of actors, objects, and workflows. It is especially useful when language, rules, and process understanding must be tightly connected.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.For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together.When the same task is done differently depending on the person, the method exposes the reliable core. It creates comparability without unnecessarily choking off needed latitude.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 h3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional45-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-81 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people2-52-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Domain Story, Glossary Notes, Process NarrativeLean 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 checksA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause AnalysisStandard Work Sheet, Deviation List, Improved Standard, Training Needs
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KnowledgeDomain-Driven DesignProcess
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
LeanProcessQuality
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