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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Fault Tree Analysis.
Operations
Fault Tree Analysis
Affinity Diagramming
UX Research
Affinity Diagramming
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.For a critical top event with several possible triggers, the method logically models failure paths. It makes visible which combinations of conditions can lead to damage.When research notes, feedback, or observations sit unconnected side by side, affinity diagramming sorts the raw material into solid themes. Many individual points turn into patterns that make decisions and opportunities clearer.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend2-6 h45–90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-153-83-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListFault Tree, Critical Paths, Cause Hypotheses, Control ActionsTheme clusters, Insight statements, Opportunity areas
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
RiskRoot causeSafety
SynthesisQualitativeRoot cause
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Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier Analysis
Empathy Mapping
UX Research
Empathy Mapping
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis