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| Criterion |  Team Design Team API |  Operations ALPEN Method |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Delivery Communication Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day initial, dann laufend | 10-20 min daily | 60–90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 1 | 2-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Team API Document | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |