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Criterion
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
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 a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min2-4 h30-60 min
Participantssame
3-123-123-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Postmortem Doc, Action Items, TimelineTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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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
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective