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Criterion
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
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.For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together.
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Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-4 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-152-82-5
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis
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RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
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Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk