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Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration for Delegation Poker.
Facilitation
Delegation Poker
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Purposedifferent
With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.When decisions get stuck between leadership and team, Delegation Poker clarifies the desired scope of autonomy. It shows how much decision-making latitude a role should actually get in practice.When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
20-45 min45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-83-103-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching NotesDelegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role AgreementsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
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ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
AutonomyRolesTeam
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
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