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| Criterion |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |  Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 45-90 min | Half day | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 2-8 | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |