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Criterion
Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
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 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.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 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
HighLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 h20-40 min initial, dann laufend30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-83-151-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone4-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsROAM Board, Owner ListRAID Log, Status Report SourceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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