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Criterion
Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
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 of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Purposedifferent
With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention.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.When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min45-90 min30-60 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-54-123-123-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListStarfish Board, Practice Changes, ExperimentsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsLessons learned, Action items, Event summary
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
LearningOperationsImprovement
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