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Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment 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 a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h60-90 min30-60 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-124-102-84-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentPower Interest Grid, Strategy per StakeholderAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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