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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
Business Strategy
GAP Analysis
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.GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing.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
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Half day initial, dann laufend1-3 h45-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
Ein Team plus Stakeholder2-82-64-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team API DocumentGap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk NotesCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
StrategyAnalysisPlanning
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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