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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 Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
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.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additionalHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people10-505-15
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
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 checksSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionQuality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture Concerns
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming