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Criterion
ChatOps workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
ChatOps
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
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 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.In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated.When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
OngoingHalf day30-60 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
2-20Team-Leads plus Architecture2-103-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Chat Transcript, Action Log, AutomationsInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes
Tagsno overlap
CollaborationEngineeringIncident
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
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