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Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-3 h90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
3-121-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision RationaleDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
SensemakingDecisionRationale
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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Accountability Ladder
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