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Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Purposedifferent
Soft Systems Methodology helps explore unclear or politically charged problems systematically. Instead of forcing a quick answer, the method builds a shared understanding of perspectives and room for action.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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
HighLowLow
Timedifferent
0.5-3 Tage30 min Setup, dann laufend20-40 min initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
5-151-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-15
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change AgendaRAID Log, Status Report SourceROAM Board, Owner List
Tagsno overlap
Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
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Stakeholder Salience Model
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Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
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ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis