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Criterion
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
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.McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result.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
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-2 h2-4 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change ActionsExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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