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Criterion
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
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 story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.When business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h30-60 min60-90 min pro FeatureHalf day
Participantsdifferent
3-123-73-6Team-Leads plus Architecture
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesExample Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsExample Table, Acceptance TestsInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
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