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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment 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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.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 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
20-40 min initial, dann laufend15-45 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-151-31-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListADR File, Decision Log, RationaleRAID Log, Status Report SourceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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