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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
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 decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.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.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend60-90 min1-2 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-154-104-125-30
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
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