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| Criterion |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Facilitation Expectation Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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 | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day | 2-4 h | 60-120 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 3-8 | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam |