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Criterion
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of Rolestorming with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rolestorming
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 a search for ideas stalls, switching roles helps people step outside their own perspective and activate new logics of action. The method reduces habit because contributions arise from a different stance. This brings unfamiliar, often fitting solution approaches into play.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30–45 min20-40 min initial, dann laufend30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-103-153-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
HMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsROAM Board, Owner ListRollenkarten, Ideenpool pro Rolle, Konsolidierte Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
BrainstormingIdeationCreativity
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Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming