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Criterion
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Purposedifferent
After an incident with damage or a near miss, the method creates a sober field for learning without assigning blame. It directs attention to the course of events, conditions, and effective countermeasures.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 minHalber Tag bis 2 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1215-2004-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Postmortem Doc, Action Items, TimelineSession Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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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
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
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 Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective