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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration for Accountability Ladder
Operations
Accountability Ladder
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 a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
Half day initial, dann laufend2-4 h90-180 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
Ein Team plus Stakeholder3-124-121-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Team API DocumentTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementOwnership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam
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