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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.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 roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h20-40 min initial, dann laufend45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-153-123-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsROAM Board, Owner ListExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, AgreementsWorking Agreements, Team Norms, Review Cadence
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
TeamCollaborationAgile
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