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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
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 Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
45-90 min3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-81 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsLean 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 SourceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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