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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
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 several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend45-90 min30-60 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-152-82-102-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListDecision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogTrade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions
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