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| Criterion |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |  DevOps ChatOps |  Facilitation Expectation Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | For operational work in a distributed team, the method links communication with direct system control. It records decisions right where the signal, the context, and the execution come together. | When roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | Half day | Ongoing | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 2-20 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | Chat Transcript, Action Log, Automations | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | CollaborationEngineeringIncident | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam |