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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
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
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.When there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
20-40 min initial, dann laufend1-4 h30-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-152-82-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
ROAM Board, Owner ListContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsObservation Notes, Improvement Ideas
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RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
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A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration of Double Diamond with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Double Diamond