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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration for Root Cause Analysis.
Operations
Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example 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.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 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 a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend60-90 min pro Feature1-4 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-153-63-83-7
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListExample Table, Acceptance TestsProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action PlanExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
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