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Paper illustration for Delegation Poker.
Facilitation
Delegation Poker
Paper illustration of Family Tree Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
Family Tree Analysis
Paper illustration for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
A 5 Whys working surface connects an observable problem with evidenced causes, marked uncertainty and concrete countermeasures with ownership.
Operations
5 Whys
Purposedifferent
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.For a series of incidents with a similar pattern, the method arranges individual events as branches of a common origin. It makes visible which conditions keep recurring.When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences.For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min2-4 h45-90 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
3-102-63-102-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Delegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role AgreementsFamily Tree Diagram, Pattern Notes, Systemic MeasuresResponsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open QuestionsRoot cause notes, Countermeasures
Tagsno overlap
AutonomyRolesTeam
Root causePatternsIncidentSystemic
RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation
Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving
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