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Criterion
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 Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
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 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 several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min90-180 min5-20 minHalf day
Participantsdifferent
3-125-153-20Team-Leads plus Architecture
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceSpotify Model Map, Action ListEffort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion TargetsInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
EstimationEffortRisk
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
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