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Criterion
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Purposedifferent
With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
30–45 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h20-40 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-83-15
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsRAID Log, Status Report SourceInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open QuestionsROAM Board, Owner List
Tagsno overlap
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
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