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Selected:LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)Customer Journey MappingCost of DelayAssumption Surfacing
| Criterion |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  UX Research Customer Journey Mapping |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 user journey falls apart across many touchpoints, customer journey mapping makes the experience visible as a coherent arc. Phases, emotions, and breaks become legible enough to prioritize critical moments deliberately. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 2-4 h | 90-180 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 4-10 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | 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 | Journey Map, Pain-point List, Opportunity Backlog | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | JourneyServiceService design | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |