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| Criterion | ![]() Team Design Spotify Model Mapping | ![]() Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes | ![]() DevOps Blameless Postmortem |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | After an incident with damage or a near miss, the method creates a sober field for learning without assigning blame. It directs attention to the course of events, conditions, and effective countermeasures. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | Half day | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline |
Tagsno overlap | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability |
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