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Criterion
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 for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
Paper illustration of MVP Test Matrix with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
MVP Test Matrix
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.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric.When several minimal variants compete to answer the same question, it makes comparing and choosing between them cleaner. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Test Matrix and a Test Plan.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional30-90 min30-60 min45-75 min
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people2-81-52-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
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 checksConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesCompleted Experiment Canvas, Success MetricTest Matrix, Test Plan
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ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryOptions
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