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Selected:Team Topologies Interaction Modes Request for Comments Spotify Model Mapping Architecture Decision Record

Criterion	Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes	Architecture Request for Comments	Team Design Spotify Model Mapping	Architecture Architecture Decision Record
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.	An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.	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.	An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitydifferent	Medium	Medium	Medium	Low
Timedifferent	Half day	1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung	90-180 min	15-45 min
Participantsdifferent	Team-Leads plus Architecture	3-20 Reviewer	5-15	1-3
Formatdifferent	Workshop	Async	Workshop	Async
Outputdifferent	Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair	RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets	Spotify Model Map, Action List	ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap	TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization	ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance	TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis	ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance

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