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Criterion
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
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.When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers.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.When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
90-180 min30-60 minHalf day2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
5-152-8Team-Leads plus Architecture3-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Spotify Model Map, Action ListFishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation BacklogInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes
Tagsno overlap
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
Root causeQualityOperations
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
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