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Criterion
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.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
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
90-180 min1-2 h60–90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-154-122-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Spotify Model Map, Action ListAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk NotesExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tags1 shared
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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