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| Criterion |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Team Design Team API |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. | When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | 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. | 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 | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | Half day initial, dann laufend | 2-4 h | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-12 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Team API Document | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tags1 shared | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |