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| Criterion | ![]() Team Design Team API | ![]() Agile Affinity Estimation | ![]() Facilitation Team Charter | ![]() Facilitation Expectation Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. | When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day initial, dann laufend | 30-90 min | 2-4 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-12 | 3-12 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Team API Document | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam |



