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| Criterion | ![]() Facilitation Team Charter | ![]() Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes | ![]() Facilitation Dot Estimation | ![]() Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets. | 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 | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | Half day | 5-20 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 3-20 | 3-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | EstimationEffortRisk | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |



