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Criterion
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
Purposedifferent
For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.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.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min20-40 min initial, dann laufend20–45 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
1-63-15Small cross-functional group4-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption ListROAM Board, Owner ListRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan
Tagsno overlap
DecisionTreeOptions
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
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