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| Criterion |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Team Design Team API |  Architecture arc42 |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | 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. | The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | Half day initial, dann laufend | 1-2 Tage | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 1-4 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Team API Document | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas |