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| Criterion |  Operations ALPEN Method |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Operations After-Action 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 team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood. | 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. | 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 | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 10-20 min daily | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 3-12 | 4-12 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Daily Plan, Time Estimates, Review Notes | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | LearningOperationsImprovement |