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Criterion
Paper illustration for Delegation Poker.
Facilitation
Delegation Poker
Paper illustration for Soft Systems Methodology.
Systems Thinking
Soft Systems Methodology
Paper illustration of Team Cognitive Load Assessment with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Cognitive Load Assessment
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
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.Soft Systems Methodology helps explore unclear or politically charged problems systematically. Instead of forcing a quick answer, the method builds a shared understanding of perspectives and room for action.When a team juggles too many domains, systems, or handoffs, it measures mental overload as an organizational problem. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a cognitive-load profile and action list.When a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min0.5-3 Tage60-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-105-153-124-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Delegation Board, Decision Boundaries, Role AgreementsRich Picture, Root Definitions, Conceptual Models, Change AgendaCognitive Load Profile, Action ListSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
AutonomyRolesTeam
Soft systemsComplexitySensemakingSystems thinking
TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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