methodatlas
Compare

View methods side by side.

Choose up to four methods. Add them using the search and share the comparison by copying its link.

Criterion
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example Mapping
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Purposedifferent
When a story carries business rules and exceptions, it brings clarity before implementation. It makes examples, open questions, and boundaries visible enough that the logic becomes jointly sound.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 minUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-7Scrum Team3-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Example Map, Acceptance Criteria, Open QuestionsImprovement actions, Team agreementsLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
Behavior-Driven DevelopmentRequirementsExamplesRefinement
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
Add more methods

Often compared together

Methods with strong topical overlap with the current selection, not yet in the comparison.

Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
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