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Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Purposedifferent
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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
90-180 min15-45 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
5-151-34-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Spotify Model Map, Action ListADR File, Decision Log, RationaleDecision Rights Matrix, Agreement
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TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
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Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
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