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Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
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 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.The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 hHalf day1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-12Team-Leads plus Architecture3-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions
Tags1 shared
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
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Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping