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Ways-of-working agreement

How will the team communicate, decide, coordinate work, handle conflict, and review its agreements?

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Start with a clear working structure.

Use a ways-of-working agreement to make a team's everyday collaboration explicit: how information moves, when people meet, how decisions are made, how work is handed off, when colleagues are available, and how tensions are addressed and the system improved.

Ways-of-working agreementGuided working template
Step 1Team context

State the outcome this artifact must enable, who benefits, and the decision or action it should improve. Name the person or role, distinguish accountability from contribution, and state the next commitment they own. Complete the remaining items so this section is ready for review and use.

Step 2Communication and meetings

Segment the audience, define the needed response, message, channel, sender, timing, and feedback route. Set reasonable expectations by channel and urgency. Complete the remaining items so this section is ready for review and use.

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