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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.Soft Systems Methodology helps explore unclear or politically charged problems systematically. Instead of forcing a quick answer, the method builds a shared understanding of perspectives and room for action.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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
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Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend0.5-3 Tage30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-155-151-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListRich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change AgendaRAID Log, Status Report SourceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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