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Selected:Red TeamingLASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)Assumption MappingAssumption Surfacing
| Criterion |  Decision Making Red Teaming |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For strategic decisions with high reach, agreement and gut feeling are often not enough. Red teaming brings deliberate opposition into the situation and tests where a plan breaks under real counterarguments. | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 45-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan | 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 | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tags1 shared | RiskDecisionSensemaking | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |