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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. | 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 | 60-120 min | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-12 | 3-8 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |