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| Criterion | ![]() Systems Thinking Intervention Mapping | ![]() Business Strategy McKinsey 7S | ![]() Team Design Spotify Model Mapping | ![]() Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 2-4 h | 90-180 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-12 | 5-15 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | ChangeSystems thinkingCapability | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |



