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Paper illustration for T-Shirt Sizing.
Agile
T-Shirt Sizing
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
When effort only needs to be classified roughly, it makes comparability more important than false precision. It helps sort work quickly into manageable sizes.When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-45 min45-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
2-123-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Size Buckets, Rough Backlog Map, Split CandidatesWorking Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
EstimationAgileRoadmap
TeamCollaborationAgile
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
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Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping