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| Criterion |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Team Design Team API |  Agile Working Agreements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document. | When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Half day | 2-4 h | Half day initial, dann laufend | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 3-12 | Ein Team plus Stakeholder | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Team API Document | Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review Cadence |
Tags1 shared | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | TeamAlignmentCommunicationService | TeamCollaborationAgile |