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Criterion
Paper illustration of a JTBD interview notebook with a decision timeline, forces of change and a concise job hypothesis.
Product Discovery
Jobs to Be Done
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Purposedifferent
When switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought.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.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.ATAM helps teams weigh architecture decisions when quality goals compete. The team considers business goals, stakeholder expectations, and technical decisions together. The evaluation shows which risks need further investigation.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen30 min Setup, dann laufend20-40 min initial, dann laufendSeveral meetings plus preparation and analysis; total effort depends on scope
Participantsdifferent
5-12 Interviews1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-15Evaluation team, architects, and relevant stakeholders
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity ListRAID Log, Status Report SourceROAM Board, Owner ListPrioritized quality scenarios in a utility tree, Architecture risks with reasoning and assumptions, Sensitivity and trade-off points, Findings report with open investigations
Tagsno overlap
CustomerOutcomesNeeds
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
ArchitectureQualityRiskTradeoffsStakeholders
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