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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
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)
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Purposedifferent
When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.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.The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
Half day initial, dann laufend20-45 min3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
Ein Team plus Stakeholder1-81 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people3-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team API DocumentOwnership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesLean 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 checksInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
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