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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
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
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.A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend0.5-3 Tage30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-155-152-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListRich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change AgendaRich Picture, Problem Framing Notes
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RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
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Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
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Red Teaming method illustration showing its working structure
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