An Outcome-Based Innovation Framework
Outcome-Based
As an outcome-based framework, the ROAMER Model takes into account two key inputs before beginning work – the origin of the work and its outcome.
Human-Centered
Since the ROAMER Model is human-centered, it encourages continuous focus specifically on who will benefit from the work such as, individuals, businesses, and teams.
Alignment-Focused
The ROAMER Model seeks to avoid language that hinders alignment. The model is not strictly sequential, and when using the model you are empowered to use the phase that makes sense for the task.
Investigating Origins
Asking where the idea for work originated is a healthy way to dig into why the idea exists. There are many ways the idea can emerge; for example, sometimes it’s from an observation, sometimes it comes from a feeling, and sometimes an idea emerges because of a reaction to a specific piece of data. Asking where an idea began can help a team understand the importance, urgency, history, or context of a problem, and that can help drive the direction of research.
About Outcomes
Starting with an outcome in mind before working on a problem encourages teams to consider how their success will be measured. The way success is measured can change depending on the opportunity, but it should be defined by the benefit to the human(s) at the center of the work.
Human-Centered
In the ROAMER Model, humans are those who will benefit from building or improving a solution. The origin usually relates to the human affected – this commonly happens as a result of an observation. Examples of humans to focus on are a persona, a market segment, a team, or a business. The ROAMER Model puts the human at the center to ensure they are clearly and intentionally identified and understood.
Explore the Model
Activities in the ROAMER Model are presented in order as an acronym to make it easy to remember. However, the model encourages the access of any activity during the process of working through a problem – this is known as “roaming.” The individual activities in the ROAMER Model are: Retrieve, Observe, Analyze, Make, Evaluate, and Review.
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