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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
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
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.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.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.When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional45-90 min90-180 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people3-103-83-10
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 checksDelegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role AgreementsCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
AutonomyRolesTeam
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
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