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Criterion
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Purposedifferent
An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-2 h30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-20 Reviewer3-154-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsROAM Board, Owner ListAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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