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Criterion
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Purposedifferent
When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.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.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.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
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
15-30 min30-60 min1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-123-104-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized listStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement ActionsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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