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| Criterion | ![]() Team Design Team API | ![]() Systems Thinking Leverage Points | ![]() Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes | ![]() Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. | 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. | 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 | Low | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Half day initial, dann laufend | Half day | Half day | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-12 | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Team API Document | Leverage Map, Action Strategy | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |



