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| Criterion |  Operations Accountability Ladder |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 20-45 min | 45-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 4-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |
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