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| Criterion |  DevOps ChatOps |  Team Design Team API |  Facilitation Expectation Mapping |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For operational work in a distributed team, the method links communication with direct system control. It records decisions right where the signal, the context, and the execution come together. | When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | Half day initial, dann laufend | 45-90 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 2-20 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-12 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Chat Transcript, Action Log, Automations | Team API Document | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | CollaborationEngineeringIncident | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |