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| Criterion |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Systems Thinking Leverage Points |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | 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 | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | Half day | 90-180 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-12 | 5-15 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |