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Selected:LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)Design Sprint5-Minuten VC-CheckARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  Innovation Design Sprint |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 4-5 Tage | 5-15 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 5-8 | 1-5 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
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 checks | Prototype, Test Findings, Decision Rationale | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation | StartupValidationCompetition | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |