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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
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of Barrier Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Barrier 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.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 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.For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend2-6 h1-3 h2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-153-85-302-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListFault Tree, Critical Paths, Cause Hypotheses, Control ActionsConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasBarrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
RiskRoot causeSafety
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
Root causeSafetyIncident
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