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Selected:Golden PathLASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)RAID LogARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion |  Engineering Golden Path |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  Delivery RAID Log |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Lean 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 checks | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |