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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
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.When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.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
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend45-90 min30-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-153-123-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, AgreementsBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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