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| Criterion |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Operations Failure Mode and Effects Analysis |  DevOps Blameless Postmortem |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability. | After an incident with damage or a near miss, the method creates a sober field for learning without assigning blame. It directs attention to the course of events, conditions, and effective countermeasures. | When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45–75 min | 2-6 h | 30-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | Team members involved | 3-10 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions | Postmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause | Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability | Root causeQualityOperations |