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Criterion
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
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Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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Operations
Change Analysis
Purposedifferent
When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.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.For a deviation after a change, the method isolates the influence of the altered condition. It narrows down which differences are relevant and which are just accompanying noise.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min15-45 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-61-32-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment BacklogADR File, Decision Log, RationaleChange Matrix, Cause Hypotheses, Validation Questions, Action List
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StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
ChangeRoot causeTroubleshootingComparison
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Architecture
SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)
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)