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Criterion
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
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 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.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-1210-503-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, AgreementsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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