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Criterion
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
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend45-90 min1-4 Wochen1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-153-85-204-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsDiary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
UX researchTrackingBehavior
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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