🧭 Situation

Setting up a new team

16 curated tools for this situation — sorted by evidence level.

Canvas Practice-validated
Culture Design Canvas Shapes culture actively instead of enduring it: purpose, values, and observable behavior on one canvas.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 4 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Canvas Practice-validated
Product Vision Board Puts product vision, target group, needs, and business goals on one page.
👥 2–10 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Canvas Practice-validated
Team Canvas Clarifies a team's foundations in one workshop: goals, roles, values, and rules.
👥 3–10 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Guide Practice-validated
Team Charter Template Clarifies a team's mandate, decision rights, and boundaries toward sponsors and environment.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person / Hybrid
Canvas Practice-validated
User Manual of Me Documents per person how they work best — enabling collaboration without months of guessing.
👥 2–15 ⏱ 30–45 Min 📍 Remote / Hybrid / In person / Async
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
Community Canvas Plans community building systematically: purpose, roles, rituals, offerings, and governance.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 4 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
Culture Building Canvas Translates desired culture attributes into concrete building measures with owners.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
Culture Canvas Maps vision, values, behavior, and motivation as an entry into deliberate culture work.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Guide Practitioner heuristic
Culture Deck Documents lived values and behavior norms as a public culture manifesto.
👥 2–10 ⏱ 2 days 📍 In person / Remote / Async
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
S3 Team Canvas Positions a team in the organization: purpose, accountability, interfaces, and development.
👥 3–10 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
SPIRIT Team Canvas Structures team formation along purpose, values, and ground rules in one canvas.
👥 3–10 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
Team Agreement Canvas Makes implicit collaboration expectations explicit before they turn into conflict.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 60–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
Team Alignment Map Aligns a team before project start on shared goals, commitments, risks, and resources.
👥 3–12 ⏱ 45–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid
Guide Practitioner heuristic
Team Contract Captures a team's core agreements in writing, making them binding.
👥 3–10 ⏱ 60–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
Team Model Canvas Models agile teams' dynamics, goals, and resources on one canvas.
👥 3–10 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote
Canvas Practitioner heuristic
Team Transformation Canvas Guides a team through its own change in a structured way — from current state to target picture with actions.
👥 3–10 ⏱ 2.5 hrs 📍 In person / Hybrid

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