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Selected:LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)Mind MappingAlignment MappingStakeholder Salience Model
| Criterion |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Facilitation Stakeholder Salience Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 15-45 min | 1-2 h | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 1-10 | 4-12 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
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 | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Salience Diagram, Strategy per Class |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance |