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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 yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria 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.When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional30-60 min2-6 h20-40 min pro Story
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people3-73-103-6
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 checksExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation ActionsAcceptance Criteria, Story Update
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
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