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| Criterion |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Decision Making Cynefin Workshop |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Facilitation Expectation 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 problems are unclear, chaotic, or only seemingly familiar, standard recipes fall short. A Cynefin Workshop sorts situations by the nature of their problem and connects them with matching action logic. | 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. | When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 60-180 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-20 | 1-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Cynefin Map, Domain-specific Actions, Sensemaking Notes | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | ComplexitySensemakingDecision | SensemakingDecisionRationale | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam |