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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)
Three Amigos method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Three Amigos
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example 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 story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional15-30 min15-45 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people31-33-7
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
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 checksClarified Story, Test Examples, Open QuestionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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