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| Criterion |  Operations Accountability Ladder |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on. | 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 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 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 20-45 min | 45-90 min | 45–75 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 4-12 | Team members involved | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions |
Tags1 shared | ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement |