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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
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 estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend2-5 min je Item45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-153-92-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split CandidatesAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping