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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Paper illustration for Problem Framing Workshop.
Facilitation
Problem Framing Workshop
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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 opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities.When a team works on symptoms but the real question stays fuzzy, a Problem Framing Workshop sharpens the view of the right problem. It separates observation, interpretation, and target picture from each other.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend30-60 min je Interview60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-155-12 Interviews4-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesProblem Statement, Scope Boundaries, Assumption List, Next Analysis QuestionsAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
FacilitationAlignmentDiscovery
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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