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Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.When experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend45-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-153-85-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsDiary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
UX researchTrackingBehavior
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning