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Criterion
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Purposedifferent
When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths.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.When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions.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
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-2 h30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-122-63-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsCounter Metric List, Guardrail DefinitionsExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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