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Criterion
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
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.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
90-180 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur EntscheidungHalf day30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
5-153-20 ReviewerTeam-Leads plus Architecture2-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Spotify Model Map, Action ListRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or ticketsInteraction Heat Map, Agreements per PairDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log
Tagsno overlap
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
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