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Selected:LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)ICE ScoringARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|
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 ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 30-60 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 2-8 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + 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 checks | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |
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