Team Topologies Check

30 min · Team + leadership

Checks whether team structure and workflow match — value stream, autonomy, cognitive load, dependencies, enabling, platform, interfaces. Sometimes the team isn't immature — the structure is.

Shows: Does structure fit flow?

When to use: When teams block each other. When ownership is demanded but not enabled.

Team Name

Team Size

Primary Team Type

Stream-aligned

Aligned to a value stream, delivers end-to-end value

Enabling

Helps other teams build new capabilities

Complicated Subsystem

Owns complex technical subsystems

Platform

Provides internal services as self-service

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Value Stream Mapping

Surfaces how work flows through a system — processing, waiting, rework, handoffs. Key metric: Process Cycle Efficiency. In knowledge work often only 5–15 %.

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SPACE Framework

Measures productivity multi-dimensionally. Five dimensions: Satisfaction, Performance, Activity, Communication, Efficiency. Measuring only activity creates wrong incentives.

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