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Paper illustration for Golden Circle
Growth
Golden Circle
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
In positioning and communication, what an offering actually stands for often becomes blurred. The Golden Circle sharpens a product's inner rationale and connects purpose, approach, and offering into a clear statement.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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min20-40 min initial, dann laufend15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-83-151-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning DraftROAM Board, Owner ListADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
MarketingPositioningCommunication
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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