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| Criterion |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued. | 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 | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | 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 | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean |
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