Agreeing on how to work together — 21 matching tools

Methodensammlung Practice-validated

Atlassian Team Playbook Offers a freely accessible collection of proven team playbooks, from health monitor to role clarification.

👥 3–12 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid

Kartenset Practice-validated

Planning Poker Estimates effort as a team, concealed and simultaneous — the deviations are the gold.

👥 3–10 ⏱ 30–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid

Framework Practice-validated

Scrum Guide The primary source for scrum — compact, binding, free of consultant additions.

👥 3–10 ⏱ 4 hrs 📍 In person / Remote

Framework Practice-validated

Sociocracy 3.0 (S3) Introduces self-organization modularly — pattern by pattern instead of all-or-nothing.

👥 3–30 ⏱ 1 day 📍 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

Working Agreements Establishes a few lived behavior rules as a lightweight, continuously maintained instrument.

👥 3–12 ⏱ 30–45 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid

Canvas Practitioner heuristic

Agile Coaching Agreement Canvas Clarifies mandate, goals, and boundaries of an agile coaching before the work starts.

👥 2–8 ⏱ 60–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote

Framework Practitioner heuristic

Definition of Done Bindingly defines when work is truly done — ending almost-done discussions.

👥 3–10 ⏱ 45–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote

Framework Practitioner heuristic

Definition of Ready Defines when a backlog item is ready for the sprint — against half-baked planning surprises.

👥 3–10 ⏱ 45–60 Min 📍 In person / Remote

Framework Practitioner heuristic

Mob Programming Has the whole team work on one task simultaneously — knowledge flows in real time.

👥 3–6 ⏱ 4 hrs 📍 In person / Remote

Canvas Practitioner heuristic

Network Governance Design Canvas Designs governance for networks and alliances via eight design questions — before conflicts force it.

👥 4–12 ⏱ 4 hrs 📍 In person / Hybrid

Guide Practitioner heuristic

Partnering Toolkit Sets up partnerships in a structured way and reviews them regularly via health checks.

👥 2–10 ⏱ 3 hrs 📍 In person / Remote

Canvas Practitioner heuristic

Remote Work Team Canvas Systematically shapes a team's remote collaboration — from channels and rituals to availability.

👥 3–12 ⏱ 60–90 Min 📍 Remote / Hybrid

Checkliste Practitioner heuristic

Respect Card Makes visible what respect concretely means for each person — and where boundaries lie.

👥 3–15 ⏱ 30–60 Min 📍 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

Guide Practitioner heuristic

Story Points Guide Establishes relative estimation with story points — effort by comparison instead of hours.

👥 3–10 ⏱ 45–90 Min 📍 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 Collaboration Canvas Improves collaboration between people or sub-teams along interfaces and dependencies.

👥 4–16 ⏱ 2 hrs 📍 In person / 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 Norms Canvas Clarifies team norms systematically along concrete situations like meetings, decisions, and conflicts.

👥 3–10 ⏱ 60–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid

Canvas Practitioner heuristic

Team-Kommunikations-Canvas Clarifies the team's channels, response times, and communication rules in one canvas.

👥 3–12 ⏱ 60–90 Min 📍 In person / Remote / Hybrid