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| Criterion | ![]() Innovation How Might We | ![]() Agile ROAM Board | ![]() Facilitation 1-2-4-All | ![]() Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster. | 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 | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30–45 min | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 10-20 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 3-15 | 4-100+ | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea Prompts | ROAM Board, Owner List | Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | FacilitationInclusionIdeation | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |



