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| Criterion | ![]() Team Design Spotify Model Mapping | ![]() Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes | ![]() Team Design Team API | ![]() Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | Half day | Half day initial, dann laufend | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-15 | Team-Leads plus Architecture | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | Team API Document | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tags1 shared | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |



