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Criterion
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Purposedifferent
When a sprint should not only be assessed but also learned from, it captures experience in clear learning categories. It records what worked, what's missing, and what should run differently next time.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.When a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
45–75 min1-4 WochenUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter
Participantsdifferent
Team members involved6-30 ExpertenScrum Team
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement ActionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesImprovement actions, Team agreements
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
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Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective