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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 Evaporating Cloud.
Systems Thinking
Evaporating Cloud
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
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.The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict.The Theory of Constraints Thinking Process exposes a system's bottleneck and the logic behind it. It suits situations where many symptoms trace back to the same limiting relationship.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.
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Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional60-120 min0.5-3 Tage2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people2-84-103-8
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 checksConflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next ExperimentsCurrent Reality Logic, Conflict Cloud, Future Reality Tree, Implementation ObstaclesCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
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ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking
Theory of ConstraintsConstraintsSystems thinkingCausality
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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