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| Criterion |  DevOps ChatOps |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood. | When a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | Half day | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-20 | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Chat Transcript, Action Log, Automations | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | CollaborationEngineeringIncident | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement |