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Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-123-151-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanROAM Board, Owner ListArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeMappingRisk
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
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