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Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
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 team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min90-180 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-125-153-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceSpotify Model Map, Action ListBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter