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Criterion
Paper illustration for Golden Path
Engineering
Golden Path
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 illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate.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.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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage Setup, laufend3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional30 min Setup, dann laufend15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality ChecksLean 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 checksRAID Log, Status Report SourceADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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EngineeringProductivityGovernance
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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