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| Criterion |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |  Agile Starfish 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 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. | When a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture. | When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45–75 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | Team members involved | 3-10 | 4-12 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments |
Tags2 shared | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam |