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Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
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 size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min5-20 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-123-203-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceEffort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion TargetsTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
EstimationEffortRisk
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
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Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes