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| Criterion |  Team Design Team API |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making DACI |  Delivery Communication Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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. | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day initial, dann laufend | 30-90 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 2-8 | 2-10 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Team API Document | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |