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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)
Funnel Analysis workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
Funnel Analysis
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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 many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses.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.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional1-3 h2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people1-5Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
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 checksFunnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypothesesPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
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ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
AnalyticsConversionGrowth
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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