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| Criterion |  Team Design Team Cognitive Load Assessment |  Systems Thinking CATWOE Analysis |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team juggles too many domains, systems, or handoffs, it measures mental overload as an organizational problem. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a cognitive-load profile and action list. | CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way. | When a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 45-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-8 | 5-15 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Cognitive Load Profile, Action List | CATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints | Spotify Model Map, Action List |
Tagsno overlap | TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis | Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis |
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