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Selected:Spotify Model MappingSprint RetrospectiveStarfish RetrospectiveTeam Cognitive Load Assessment
| Criterion |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  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 a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together. | When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter | 45-90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | Scrum Team | 4-12 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Improvement actions, Team agreements | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Cognitive Load Profile, Action List |
Tagsno overlap | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis |