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Criterion
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 minHalf day initial, dann laufend45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-8Ein Team plus Stakeholder2-63-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsTeam API DocumentCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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