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Criterion
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
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Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Purposedifferent
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.When several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements.When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-2 hHalf day15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12Team-Leads plus Architecture1-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions
Tagsno overlap
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
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