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| Criterion |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | 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 a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day | 90-180 min | 2-4 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 3-6 | 3-12 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |