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Criterion
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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 a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.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 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
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min60-90 min1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-104-123-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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