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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Standard Work Analysis.
Operations
Standard Work Analysis
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.When the same task is done differently depending on the person, the method exposes the reliable core. It creates comparability without unnecessarily choking off needed latitude.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
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-3 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-152-64-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListStandard Work Sheet, Deviation List, Improved Standard, Training NeedsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
LeanProcessQuality
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Four paper stations connect system purpose, quality goals, risk cards and focused investigation with a target and gap profile.
Architecture
LASR (Lightweight Approach for Software Reviews)
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid