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Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration of Team Cognitive Load Assessment with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Cognitive Load Assessment
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 a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture.When a team juggles too many domains, systems, or handoffs, it measures mental overload as an organizational problem. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a cognitive-load profile and action list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
90-180 min45-90 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-154-123-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Spotify Model Map, Action ListSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsCognitive Load Profile, Action List
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TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis
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Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective