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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
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 research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer.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 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
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend45–90 min20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-103-154-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceTheme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areasROAM Board, Owner ListAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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