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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)
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
A paper-based illustration representing Service Blueprint with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Service Blueprinting
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 a journey needs to be understood across several phases, it arranges experience, touchpoints, and opportunities into one picture. It makes gaps and friction along the user path clear.For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.When a service experience is spread across several touchpoints, it brings frontstage and backstage together. It shows where user contact and internal responsibility must fit.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional1-3 h2-6 h0.5-2 Tage
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people3-103-106-12
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 checksCustomer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience OpportunitiesFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation ActionsService Blueprint, Fail Points, Ownership Map
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
JourneyCustomerService designCanvas
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
Service designOperationsJourneyBlueprint
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