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| Criterion | ![]() Team Design Spotify Model Mapping | ![]() Team Design Team Cognitive Load Assessment | ![]() Agile Sprint Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 60-90 min | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | 3-12 | Scrum Team |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Cognitive Load Profile, Action List | Improvement actions, Team agreements |
Tagsno overlap | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning |
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