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Criterion
Paper illustration for DMAIC.
Operations
DMAIC
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
For a process problem with fluctuating performance, the method brings analysis and improvement into a disciplined sequence. It creates a framework in which numbers, causes, and control come together.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-12 Wochen20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-103-154-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Project Charter, Measurement Plan, Cause Analysis, Control PlanROAM Board, Owner ListAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
Continuous improvementQualityProcess improvement
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping