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Criterion
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Purposedifferent
With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.When a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together.After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
10-20 min dailyUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1Scrum Team3-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review NotesImprovement actions, Team agreementsLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
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Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem