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Paper illustration of a Polarity Map with two poles and four quadrants
Systems Thinking
Polarity Mapping
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Purposedifferent
Polarity Mapping makes tensions between two opposing poles tangible, such as standardization and adaptation or control and autonomy. The method guards against making apparent either-or decisions prematurely.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 a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-2 hHalf day initial, dann laufend2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-12Ein Team plus Stakeholder3-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Polarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance ActionsTeam API DocumentTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
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Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
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Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping