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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
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 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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
Half day initial, dann laufend45-90 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
Ein Team plus Stakeholder3-121-3
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Team API DocumentExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, AgreementsADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
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Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
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Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
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