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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper illustration for Story Points.
Agile
Story Points
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
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.Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs.When teams want to rate complexity rather than hours, it creates a shared, relative scale. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Point Estimates, Reference Stories, and Velocity Data.When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend90-180 minlaufend, 1-5 min je Item30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListGQM Table, Metric ProfilesPoint Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity DataCounter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions
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RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment
EstimationAgileMeasurement
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
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