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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Facilitation Team Charter |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | 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 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. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 2-4 h | Half day | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 3-12 | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |