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Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
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 a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.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
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Half day30-90 min30-90 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
Team-Leads plus Architecture3-123-123-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per PairBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
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