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| Criterion |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 90-180 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 5-15 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tags1 shared | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |
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