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Criterion
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Purposedifferent
For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.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
HighLow
Timedifferent
2-6 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective ActionsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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