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Criterion
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Purposedifferent
In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.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 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 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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
20–45 min45-90 min45-90 minHalf day initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
Small cross-functional group3-122-6Ein Team plus Stakeholder
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, AgreementsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceTeam API Document
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
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