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| Criterion |  Agile Three Amigos |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |  Facilitation Expectation Mapping |  Team Design Spotify Model Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When story, test, and implementation could drift apart, it brings business perspective, engineering, and quality together early. It prevents a story from being read differently only late in the process. | 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 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min | Half day | 45-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3 | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 3-12 | 5-15 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Clarified Story, Test Examples, Open Questions | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements | Spotify Model Map, Action List |
Tagsno overlap | CollaborationBehavior-Driven DevelopmentQualityRefinement | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis |