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Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
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.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
90-180 min1-2 TageHalf day initial, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
5-151-4Ein Team plus Stakeholder
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Spotify Model Map, Action ListArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewTeam API Document
Tagsno overlap
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
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Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
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