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| Criterion | ![]() Agile ROAM Board | ![]() Decision Making Argument Mapping | ![]() Knowledge Modeling IBIS | ![]() Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-15 | 1-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ROAM Board, Owner List | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | SensemakingDecisionRationale | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |



