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| Criterion | ![]() Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping | ![]() Product Strategy Lean Canvas | ![]() Facilitation Team Charter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Half day | 45-60 min | 45-90 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 2-8 | 1-6 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | TeamAlignmentCollaboration |



