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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Diary Study | ![]() Agile Sailboat Retrospective | ![]() Agile Start Stop Continue | ![]() Agile Sprint Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory. | 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. | 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. | When a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 4-12 | 3-12 | Scrum Team |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Improvement actions, Team agreements |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning |



