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Criterion
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
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When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.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.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.
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Timedifferent
30-90 min45-90 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-121-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision BoundariesSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
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Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
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