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Criterion
Quality Attribute Workshop workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Architecture
Quality Attribute Workshop
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 RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
A Quality Attribute Workshop translates quality requirements into concrete scenarios and architecture impulses. The method brings product, engineering, and operations to the same view of desired properties.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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional30 min Setup, dann laufend15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
5-151 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-3
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Quality Scenarios, Priority List, Architecture ConcernsLean 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 checksRAID Log, Status Report SourceADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
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RequirementsArchitectureWorkshop
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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