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Criterion
Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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
Purposedifferent
When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
laufend1-2 h30 min Setup, dann laufend20-40 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
2-124-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-15
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsRAID Log, Status Report SourceROAM Board, Owner List
Tagsno overlap
EstimationForecastingFlow
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
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