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| Criterion |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | After an incident with damage or a near miss, the method creates a sober field for learning without assigning blame. It directs attention to the course of events, conditions, and effective countermeasures. | When a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | When several teams collaborate repeatedly, it describes the right interaction mode for each interface between them. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as an interaction heat map and pairwise agreements. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 90-180 min | 2-4 h | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 5-15 | 3-12 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Spotify Model Map, Action List | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |