Frameworks

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Frameworks & Infographics Categories

Frameworks & Infographics Categories

Framework or Infographic Tags

Framework or Infographic Tags

Scrum Framework

An agile project management framework that enables teams to deliver value iteratively through short, time-boxed development cycles called sprints.

Radical Candor

A leadership framework by Kim Scott that emphasizes giving direct, honest feedback while showing genuine personal care to build strong, high-performing teams.

Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development

Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development outlines the phases—Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning—through which teams typically progress.

Belbin’s Team Roles

Belbin’s Team Roles framework identifies nine distinct roles that individuals typically play within a team, helping to enhance collaboration and productivity.

The Four Tendencies

This model identifies four personality types—Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, and Rebel—based on how individuals respond to inner and outer expectations.

Zone of Proximal Development

Developed by Lev Vygotsky, the zone of proximal development (ZPD) is an educational psychology framework that explains how optimal development occurs in a zone where the learner can have guidance and employ some effort. It argues against using academic and memory-based tests to measure intelligence and learning.

Pyramid Principle

The Pyramid Principle is a communication framework that organizes ideas in a top-down structure, starting with the main conclusion followed by supporting arguments in a logical hierarchy.

Double Diamond Design Process

The Double Diamond Design Process is a framework for solving problems by dividing design into four stages: Discover, Define, Develop, and Deliver, encouraging divergent and convergent thinking.

PERMA

The PERMA model outlines five core elements of well-being—Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment—that help individuals thrive in life.

General Adaptation Syndrome

The General Adaptation Syndrome describes the body’s physiological response to stress through three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.

Appraisal Theory

Lazarus’s Cognitive Appraisal theory explains how individuals evaluate and interpret stressors, influencing their emotional and behavioral responses.

ABC Model of Stress

The ABC Model of Stress explains how our emotional and behavioral reactions (Consequences, C) are primarily determined by our beliefs (Beliefs, B) about activating events (Activating Events, A), rather than the events themselves.

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