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Architecture
SAAM (Software Architecture Analysis Method)
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Purposedifferent
SAAM helps teams judge an architecture’s suitability for selected tasks and changes. It is particularly useful for examining modifiability and comparing architecture alternatives with clear reasoning.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 a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Preparation, scenario analysis, and findings review; effort depends on scope90-180 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
Architecture experts and stakeholders for scenarios and weighting5-153-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Domain functions mapped to components and connections, Quality attributes and evaluation criteria, Typical tasks and their effects on the architecture, Reasoned evaluation or comparison of alternativesSpotify Model Map, Action ListTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes
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ArchitectureChangeAnalysisComparisonQuality
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
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Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
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Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
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Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
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Architecture
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