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Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
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 collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
90-180 min45-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-153-123-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Spotify Model Map, Action ListWorking Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
TeamCollaborationAgile
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter