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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 Delegation Poker.
Facilitation
Delegation Poker
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
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 decisions get stuck between leadership and team, Delegation Poker clarifies the desired scope of autonomy. It shows how much decision-making latitude a role should actually get in practice.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.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.
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Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional45-90 min1-4 Wochen60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people3-101-64-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
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 checksDelegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role AgreementsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog
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ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
AutonomyRolesTeam
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
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