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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
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 team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.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.When a story needs clear checkpoints before implementation, it sharpens expectation and scope together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Acceptance Criteria and a Story Update.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend60-90 min pro Feature20-40 min pro Story
Participantsdifferent
3-153-10 (Scrum Team)3-63-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListProduct Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalExample Table, Acceptance TestsAcceptance Criteria, Story Update
Tags1 shared
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
AgileIterationCadence
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
AgileRequirementsRefinementBehavior-Driven Development
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