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Criterion
Paper illustration for Working Agreements.
Agile
Working Agreements
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
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 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.When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.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
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min2-4 h30-90 min45-90 min
Participantssame
3-123-123-123-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review CadenceTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsExpectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements
Tagsno overlap
TeamCollaborationAgile
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
AlignmentStakeholdersTeam
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