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| Criterion |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Product Strategy DIBB |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45–75 min | 30-60 min | 1-2 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Team members involved | 3-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |