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Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
Paper illustration of Team Cognitive Load Assessment with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Cognitive Load Assessment
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 there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.When a team juggles too many domains, systems, or handoffs, it measures mental overload as an organizational problem. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a cognitive-load profile and action list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
90-180 min30-120 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-152-63-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Spotify Model Map, Action ListObservation Notes, Improvement IdeasCognitive Load Profile, Action List
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TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
LeanObservationProcessOperations
TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis
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Process Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Operations
Process Mapping
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review