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Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
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)
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Purposedifferent
GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.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.
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Timedifferent
Wochen bis Monate je Goal3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-101 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people2-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reportsLean 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 checksFishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog
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RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
Root causeQualityOperations
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Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving