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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 Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
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 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.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
90-180 min45-90 min30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
5-153-123-104-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Spotify Model Map, Action ListExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, AgreementsStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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