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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 Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration for Delegation Poker.
Facilitation
Delegation Poker
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 group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.When decisions get stuck between leadership and team, Delegation Poker clarifies the desired scope of autonomy. It shows how much decision-making latitude a role should actually get in practice.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional30-90 min20-45 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people3-201-83-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
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 checksPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action ItemsOwnership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesDelegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role Agreements
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
AutonomyRolesTeam
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