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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 Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
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 several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements.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
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h60-90 minHalf day1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-124-10Team-Leads plus Architecture4-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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