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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Purposedifferent
When the product question is unclear and time pressure is high, the method takes a team from an open idea to a testable solution. It connects problem understanding, decision, and learning in one compact format, lowering the risk of spending a lot of energy on a mere guess.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 an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
4-5 Tage20-40 min initial, dann laufend60–90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-83-152-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prototype, Test Findings, Decision RationaleROAM Board, Owner ListStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes
Tagsno overlap
Design sprintPrototypeValidationInnovation
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model