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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.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
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend60-120 min30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-152-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanRAID Log, Status Report SourceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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