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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.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
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend15-45 min15-30 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-151-103-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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