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| Criterion |  Facilitation Barcamp |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance. | 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's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 45-90 min | 45–75 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 15-200 | 4-12 | Team members involved | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | RetrospectiveTeamReflection |