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Criterion
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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)
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Purposedifferent
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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 story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min30 min Setup, dann laufend3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
3-71-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people3
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsRAID Log, Status Report SourceLean 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 checksClarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
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