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Criterion
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Purposedifferent
With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
15-30 min Planung, laufendHalf day initial, dann laufend45-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
1Ein Team plus Stakeholder2-64-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanTeam API DocumentCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions
Tagsno overlap
PlanningTime managementFocus
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
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