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| Criterion |  Team Design Team API |  Operations Ivy Lee Method |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Operations Eat the Frog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a restless workday full of too many open items, the method creates radical simplicity. It directs attention to a short sequence instead of a broad, still-open field. | 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. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day initial, dann laufend | 5-10 min daily | 1-2 h | 15-90 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 1 | 4-12 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Team API Document | Daily Priority List, Completion Notes | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | PrioritizationProductivityExecution | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution |