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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 Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
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 team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list.When several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements.When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional90-180 minHalf day2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people5-15Team-Leads plus Architecture3-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
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 checksSpotify Model Map, Action ListInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
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