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Selected:Trade-off AnalysisRAID LogLASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)Request for Comments
| Criterion |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Delivery RAID Log |  Architecture LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews) |  Architecture Request for Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | 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. | An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 3–4 h for initial assessment; preparation and deeper analysis additional | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 1 or a small team; particularly suitable for 3–4 people | 3-20 Reviewer |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | RAID Log, Status Report Source | 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 | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets |
Tagsno overlap | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | ArchitectureQualityRiskAssessmentLean | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance |