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Selected:LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)User InterviewsRisk StormingARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
| Criterion |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  UX Research User Interviews |  Architecture Risk Storming |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 30–60 min per interview | 60-90 min | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional |
Participantsdifferent | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 1 participant per interview | 4-12 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
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 | Interview Notes, Themes, Insight Summary | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks |