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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team Topologies Interaction Modes with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
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 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.After an incident with damage or a near miss, the method creates a sober field for learning without assigning blame. It directs attention to the course of events, conditions, and effective countermeasures.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Half day2-4 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Team-Leads plus Architecture3-123-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per PairTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesPostmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
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Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping