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Criterion
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
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 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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.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
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
20–45 minHalf day initial, dann laufend60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Small cross-functional groupEin Team plus Stakeholder2-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption logTeam API DocumentCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tagsno overlap
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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