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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment 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 size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets.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 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
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
Half day initial, dann laufend5-20 min45-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
Ein Team plus Stakeholder3-202-64-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team API DocumentEffort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion TargetsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
EstimationEffortRisk
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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