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Criterion
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
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 for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Purposedifferent
With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.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.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30–45 min3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-101 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsLean 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 SourceCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints
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FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
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