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Criterion
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Purposedifferent
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.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.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-2 h20-45 min15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-124-103-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Team Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsIdea List, Cluster, ShortlistIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
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