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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
Purposedifferent
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 a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update.When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend20-40 min pro Story45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-153-63-123-7
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListAcceptance Criteria, Story UpdateExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, AgreementsExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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