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This step translates identified value streams and dependencies into a testable organizational design. Squads, alignment, and professional exchange are designed around concrete ownership and interaction needs.
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Theoretical construct: explains a term, principle, or mental model.
Concrete cog in the system that works inside larger relationships.
Designing team boundaries and interactions means shaping accountability so teams can deliver value independently while dependencies are handled deliberately.
The idea is described in agile organizational design and accounts of Spotify squads, tribes, chapters, and guilds; it is a design task, not a fixed Spotify recipe.
Start with the value stream and decisions a team can actually control. Shape responsibilities around coherent work, document required interactions, and regularly inspect wait time, handoffs, and accountability gaps. Every additional boundary creates coordination cost.
A deliberate boundary for a team’s accountability, capabilities, and decision space.
An agreed way for teams to exchange information, services, or collaboration.
Waiting and coordination effort created by coupled team work.
Good boundaries shorten feedback paths and strengthen accountability. Validate them against value flow and real collaboration; organizational labels alone do not improve flow.
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These sources establish the term and its professional meaning.
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The level within the organization (enterprise, domain, team) at which the AssetBlock is applied.