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| Criterion |  Agile Working Agreements |  Knowledge Modeling Concept Mapping |  Team Design Team Topologies Interaction Modes |  Knowledge Modeling Knowledge Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When collaboration needs more than implicit expectations, it lays out shared ground rules openly. It creates reliability for conduct, availability, and decision paths. | Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly. | 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. | Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-2 h | Half day | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 1-8 | Team-Leads plus Architecture | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Working Agreements, Team Norms, Review Cadence | Concept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps | Interaction Heat Map, Agreements per Pair | Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer Plan |
Tagsno overlap | TeamCollaborationAgile | KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking | TeamAlignmentCollaborationOrganization | KnowledgeMappingRisk |