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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend90-180 min20–45 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-154-12Small cross-functional group2-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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