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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 of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
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.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.The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-103-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
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 checksRAID Log, Status Report SourceArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality AttributesInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions
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ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
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