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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 of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
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.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLowHigh
Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional90-180 min60-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people3-84-123-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
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 checksCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
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