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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration for Failure Scenario Analysis.
Engineering
Failure Scenario Analysis
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Purposedifferent
When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend1-3 h20-40 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)3-83-15
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalFailure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response ActionsROAM Board, Owner List
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AgileIterationCadence
FailureResilienceRisk
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
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A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
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Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop