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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
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Delivery
Communication Plan
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
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 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.When a sprint should not only be assessed but also learned from, it captures experience in clear learning categories. It records what worked, what's missing, and what should run differently next time.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
Half day initial, dann laufend45-90 min45–75 min
Participantsdifferent
Ein Team plus Stakeholder2-6Team members involved
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team API DocumentCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam
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Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue