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Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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 topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
2-4 h15-45 min45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-121-103-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, AgreementsPower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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