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Operations

Accountability Ladder

Makes reaction patterns conscious and leads step by step to more ownership and concrete commitment.

Core question: What next action can I credibly take responsibility for in this situation?

Operating practiceLowWorkshop + async
  • 20-45 min
  • 1-8
Agile

Start Stop Continue

Sorts team feedback into start, stop, and continue so the retrospective produces clear next steps.

Core question: What should the team start, stop, or deliberately continue doing?

Facilitation methodLowWorkshop
  • 30-60 min
  • 3-12
Agile

Mad Sad Glad

Collects emotional signals from the team, clusters them into themes, and makes real conversation topics visible.

Core question: Which experiences made us mad, sad or glad, and which working condition do we want to change?

Facilitation methodLowWorkshop
  • 30-60 min
  • 3-10
Agile

4Ls Retrospective

Sorts review, learning points, and friction into Liked, Learned, Lacked, and Longed For for concrete improvements.

Core question: What did we like, learn, lack, and long for, and which small improvement will we inspect afterward?

Facilitation methodLowWorkshop
  • 45–75 min
  • Team members involved
Agile

Sailboat Retrospective

Makes a team's winds, anchors, risks, and target picture visible and turns the review into prioritized improvements.

Core question: What helps our journey to the goal, what slows us today and what danger lies ahead?

Facilitation methodLowWorkshop
  • 45-90 min
  • 4-12
Agile

Starfish Retrospective

Sorts practices into Start, Stop, More, Less, and Keep, so routine changes get chosen more deliberately.

Core question: Which practices should we preserve, increase, reduce, stop or start trying?

Facilitation methodLowWorkshop
  • 45-90 min
  • 4-12
Facilitation

Team Charter

Clarifies purpose, roles, and working rules in a charter that makes collaboration tangible and verifiable.

Core question: What shared agreement enables this team to fulfil its mandate with clear boundaries and responsibilities?

Operating practiceMediumWorkshop
  • 2-4 h
  • 3-12
Agile

Working Agreements

Jointly formulates valid working rules and clarifies how the team handles expectations, conflicts, and reviews.

Core question: Which observable agreements help this team collaborate reliably and respectfully?

Operating practiceLowWorkshop
  • 45-90 min
  • 3-12
Facilitation

Responsibility Poker

Makes accountability negotiable and visible, helping negotiate roles, expectations, and open questions cleanly.

Core question: Who owns each concrete result, and where are participation or escalation needed?

Facilitation methodLowWorkshop
  • 45-90 min
  • 3-10
Facilitation

Delegation Poker

Shows delegation levels for decision areas and creates agreements about closeness, freedom, and control.

Core question: Which delegation level fits this decision given current capability, risk, and boundaries?

Facilitation methodLowWorkshop
  • 45-90 min
  • 3-10
Facilitation

Expectation Mapping

Surfaces stakeholder expectations, clusters conflicts, and turns them into concrete agreements.

Core question: Which expectations, commitments, and observable signals must be clarified at this interface?

Facilitation methodLowWorkshop
  • 45-90 min
  • 3-12
Agile

Planning Poker

Compares stories relatively, surfaces knowledge gaps, and produces a shared estimate with traceable assumptions.

Core question: Which relative size can the delivery team support after independent selection, simultaneous reveal, and clarification of the highest and lowest assumptions?

Decision methodLowWorkshop + async
  • 2-5 min je Item
  • 3-9
Team Design

Team API

Moves team boundaries, interfaces, and collaboration toward a concrete result through "provide the template", "clarify responsibilities and non-responsibilities", and "anchor it visibly in the wiki".

Core question: What must other teams know to work effectively with this team with minimal disruption?

Operating practiceLowWorkshop + async
  • Half day initial, dann laufend
  • Ein Team plus Stakeholder
Team Design

Team Cognitive Load Assessment

Moves team boundaries, interfaces, and collaboration toward a concrete result through "explain the scale and categories", "run an anonymous team survey", and "derive and track actions".

Core question: Which load currently blocks sustainable flow, and what system change will reduce it?

Operating practiceMediumWorkshop + async
  • 60-90 min
  • 3-12
Team Design

Team Topologies Interaction Modes

Moves team boundaries, interfaces, and collaboration toward a concrete result through "prepare the team list", "explain the three modes with examples", and "document agreements per pair".

Core question: Which interaction mode supports this outcome with the least persistent coupling?

Mapping toolMediumWorkshop
  • Half day
  • Team-Leads plus Architecture
Team Design

Spotify Model Mapping

Moves team boundaries, interfaces, and collaboration toward a concrete result through "prepare a template with the four structures", "place current teams as squads", and "derive actions".

Core question: Which local structures do we need for autonomy, alignment, and craft exchange?

Mapping toolMediumWorkshop
  • 90-180 min
  • 5-15