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Lightweight Software Reviews with LASR

Basics
Intensive Training, 2 days
12
Seats
German
Online and in-person
Available on request

Also available as in-house training

We run this training exclusively for your team, online or on site.
In-house Offerings

Objectives

  • Distinguishing review occasions
  • Moderating LASR workshops
  • Define and delimit the object of consideration
  • Efficiently collect evaluation criteria
  • Identify and assess risks in the software solution
  • Summarize evaluation results
  • Systematize and improve review results
  • Differentiate LASR from other evaluation methods

Curriculum

  • What do architecture reviews do?
  • Overview of evaluation methods
  • What does lightweight mean?
  • The Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews
  • Applying LASR step by step
  • Increasing the confidence of the result (LASR+)
  • When LASR does not fit or is not enough: Indicators for other approaches

Audience

This seminar is aimed at anyone who designs and develops software in a team and is looking for a lightweight approach to reflect on their solutions. And to people who want to establish lean review approaches for software architecture in their company or organization. Knowledge of classic evaluation methods such as ATAM does not hurt, but is not a prerequisite.

Description

Reviews uncover weaknesses in software solutions and validate technical and architectural ideas. Classic approaches from this environment, such as ATAM, are well-founded, but are somewhat heavyweight, sometimes almost ceremonial, especially in agile software projects. Their use often requires many participants, and preliminary work is often necessary. As a rule, the methods only deliver raw results that you and your team have to rework afterwards in order to communicate them.

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In this training course, you will learn about LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews), a structured procedure for lightweight software reviews.

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We use essences from proven evaluation methods. The approach is leaner than ATAM, but still goal-oriented. It quickly delivers an initial result and offers support material for the evaluation scale, risk identification and result development. You will use it directly in the exercises in this workshop. You and your team can apply LASR immediately afterwards, examine your software system and quickly come to initial conclusions. We will show you a common thread through your review, including possible consolidation points for a higher confidence in the review result where necessary.

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As a goodie, you will receive the LASR card set for free with your training.

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Trainers

Stefan Toth

Founder and CEO of embarc

Main Skills

Evolutionary Architecture, Agile Organizations, ADES

Stefan Zörner

Founder and CEO of embarc

Main Skills

Architecture documentation, methodical software architecture and cloud applications

More on this topic

Lightweight software reviews with LASR (online article)

This article encourages leaner review approaches and presents LASR, a concrete procedure that you and your development team can use directly to assess your situation—without extensive preparation or involving many participants.

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Stefan Zörner

Software Systems review with LASR

Architecture reviews enable you to identify weaknesses and potential in software solutions, validate decisions, and evaluate improvement measures. This book introduces you to lightweight reviews that you can carry out yourself or in a small team after reading it!

Stefan Toth
Stefan Zörner

Lightweight software reviews with LASR

This cheat sheet describes a scalable assessment approach that quickly delivers initial, presentable results on four richly illustrated pages.

Stefan Toth
Stefan Zörner

In-house Training

You can also book this training as an in-house training course exclusively for your team. Please use the enquiry form for more details.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the maximum number of participants in a training session?

For most training sessions, we limit the maximum number of participants to 12 per instructor. This allows us to ensure that you receive the best possible guidance.

Are meals provided during in-person training sessions?

Of course, we’ll take care of your meals during our in-person training sessions. We usually provide snacks twice a day and lunch. Drinks are also available.

Where can I find information about the training session I've already booked?

You can find all the information about your training in our socreatory Navigator. Here, in addition to useful links and information, you’ll find the specific location of the training for in-person sessions and the link to the video call for online sessions.

When and how will I receive my certificate of attendance after the training?

If you have attended at least 75% of the sessions, you will receive a certificate of attendance from us. You can download it from our socreatory Navigator a few days after the training.

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We offer you the most comprehensive training program for software architecture in the German-speaking region – accredited and certified by iSAQB®.

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Our experienced trainers are renowned experts in the industry and have co-developed 80 percent of the module curricula, both in terms of content and teaching methodology.

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