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| Criterion |  Team Design Team API |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Architecture arc42 |
|---|---|---|---|
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 a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day. | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day initial, dann laufend | 2-4 h | 1-2 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-12 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Team API Document | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication |
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