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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.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
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-2 Tage1-2 h30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-151-44-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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