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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min45-90 minHalf day
Participantsdifferent
3-83-123-12Team-Leads plus Architecture
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsWorking Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, AgreementsInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
TeamCollaborationAgile
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
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