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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 Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
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 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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 minHalf day initial, dann laufend45-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-8Ein Team plus Stakeholder3-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsTeam API DocumentExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, AgreementsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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