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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 Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional1-3 h30 min Setup, dann laufend15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people3-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncAsync
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 checksKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanRAID Log, Status Report SourceADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
KnowledgeMappingRisk
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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