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| Criterion |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  DevOps ChatOps |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For operational work in a distributed team, the method links communication with direct system control. It records decisions right where the signal, the context, and the execution come together. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | Ongoing | 2-4 h | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 2-20 | 3-12 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Chat Transcript, Action Log, Automations | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | CollaborationEngineeringIncident | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |