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| Criterion |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Engineering Golden Path |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-180 min | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 90-180 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 5-15 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |