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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for PDCA Cycle.
Operations
PDCA Cycle
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption 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.For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode.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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend1 h bis mehrere Wochen20-40 min initial, dann laufend45-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone1-83-152-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourcePDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard ChangeROAM Board, Owner ListAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
Continuous improvementLeanExperiments
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
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