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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
A 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
Operations
5 Whys
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 problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.When business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests.For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-4 h60-90 min pro Feature15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
3-153-83-62-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action PlanExample Table, Acceptance TestsRoot cause notes, Countermeasures
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
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