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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Futures Wheel |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event. | 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. | 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 | 90-180 min | 45-90 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 5-15 | 3-8 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic Signals | Spotify Model Map, Action List | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | ForesightSystems thinkingSignals | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |