- Democratic decentralized (DD):

- the software engineering team has no permanent leader.

- decision is made by group consensus.
- communication among team members is horizontal.

- Controlled decentralized (CD):

- has a leader -> coordinates specific tasks and secondary
leaders.
- secondary leaders have responsibility for subtasks.
- horizontal communications among subgroups and
individuals.
- vertical communication in the control structure
- decision is made by leaders.

- Controlled centralized (CC):

- team leader manages top-level problem solving and internal
team coordination.
- communication between the leader and team members is
vertical.