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| Criterion |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Engineering Fault Isolation |  Decision Making DACI |  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. | In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 30-180 min | 30-60 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 1-6 | 2-10 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Fault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault Area | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |