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Selected:LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)ROAM BoardARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Architecture Inception Canvas
| Criterion |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  Agile ROAM Board |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  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. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 3-15 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | 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 | ROAM Board, Owner List | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |