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| Criterion |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | Team-Leads plus Architecture |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair |
Tagsno overlap | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization |
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