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| Criterion | ![]() Team Design Team API | ![]() Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes | ![]() Decision Making DACI | ![]() Facilitation Team Charter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Half day initial, dann laufend | Half day | 30-60 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 2-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Team API Document | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes |
Tags1 shared | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | TeamAlignmentCollaboration |



