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Selected:ROAM BoardLASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)Card SortingFailure Mode and Effects Analysis
| Criterion |  Agile ROAM Board |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  UX Research Card Sorting |  Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | 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 content only makes sense internally and users can't find the structure again, card sorting exposes their mental order. Terms, groups, and naming are then aligned with the target group's expectations. | For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 20-45 min | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-15 | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | Based on research question | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | ROAM Board, Owner List | 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 | Content groups, Label set, IA hypotheses | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | Information architectureNavigationStructure | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause |