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Criterion
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation 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 expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 hHalf day initial, dann laufend90-180 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-12Ein Team plus Stakeholder4-123-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesTeam API DocumentDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tags1 shared
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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