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Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.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.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-2 h Setup, laufendHalf day10-20 min daily
Participantsdifferent
3-121Team-Leads plus Architecture1
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Team Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
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