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Criterion
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Purposedifferent
When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-2 h30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-83-154-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionROAM Board, Owner ListAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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