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| Criterion |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Decision Making DACI |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  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. | 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. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 30-60 min | 45-120 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 2-10 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Spotify Model Map, Action List | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement |
Tagsno overlap | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility |