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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
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 effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats.When strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend15-60 min1-2 h Setup
Participantsdifferent
3-152-92-20
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadence
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
EstimationEffortAgile
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
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Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation
Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric