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Selected:LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)Competency QuestionsAssumption SurfacingAssumption Mapping
| Criterion |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | 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 | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |