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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 Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration for Storytelling
Facilitation
Storytelling
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional45-90 min45-120 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people3-101-64-12
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 checksResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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