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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Team Charter | ![]() Team Design Team API | ![]() Facilitation Expectation 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. | 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. | 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 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | Half day initial, dann laufend | 45-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Team API Document | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tags1 shared | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |



