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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 DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration of a Test Card with four fields for hypothesis, test, metric, and success threshold.
Product Discovery
Test Card
Paper illustration of Riskiest Assumption Test with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Riskiest Assumption Test
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.DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report.The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success.When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional1-2 h20-35 min1-2 Wochen pro Iteration
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people2-81-52-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + 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 checksDIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning reportTest Card with a pre-set thresholdPrioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report
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ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions
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