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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.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.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
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h90-180 minHalf day
Participantsdifferent
3-85-15Team-Leads plus Architecture
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsSpotify Model Map, Action ListInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
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Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
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Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
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Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S