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Selected:LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)Lean UX CanvasOpportunity Solution TreeTest Card
| Criterion |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  UX Design Lean UX Canvas |  Product Discovery Opportunity Solution Tree |  Product Discovery Test Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Lean UX Canvas helps clarify user behavior, touchpoints, and concept decisions. It makes assumptions and desired outcomes visible and captures the result as a completed canvas, hypothesis list, and first experiment. | When discovery keeps swinging between goals, ideas, and learning loops, it creates clear steering logic. It connects the desired outcome, opportunities, and experiments into a legible structure. | The Test Card turns a critical assumption into a testable claim and specifies in advance which result counts as success. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 2-3 h | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 20-35 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 3-8 | 2-6 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | 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 | Completed Lean UX Canvas, Hypothesis list, First experiment | Opportunity Solution Tree, Experiment Backlog, Learning Log | Test Card with a pre-set threshold |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | CanvasHypothesisOutcomesDiscovery | DiscoveryOutcomesExperimentsOpportunity | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |