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Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
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.A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.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
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h30-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-122-104-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesRich Picture, Problem Framing NotesAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping