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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 a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
Paper illustration for Pareto Analysis
Decision Making
Pareto Analysis
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.It separates true priorities from noise so it becomes clear what should be done now, scheduled, delegated, or dropped.For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly.In many problem situations, effect is distributed unequally across many causes. A Pareto Analysis separates the few drivers with high leverage from the long remainder and focuses attention on what measurably moves the needle.
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Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional15-30 min1-6 Wochen30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people1-64-101-6
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 checksEisenhower Matrix, Action List, Delegation Notes8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action PlanPareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
PrioritizationFocusTasks
QualityProblem solvingRoot cause
PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause
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