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| Criterion |  Decision Making Red Teaming |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 h | 60–90 min | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Challenge Findings, Risk Register, Mitigation Plan | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | 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 |
Tagsno overlap | RiskDecisionSensemaking | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean |
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