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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
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 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.McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result.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
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
Half day initial, dann laufend1-2 h2-4 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Ein Team plus Stakeholder4-123-123-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team API DocumentAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change ActionsExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tags1 shared
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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