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Criterion
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Purposedifferent
The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.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.After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
20-60 min45-90 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
14-123-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsLessons learned, Action items, Event summary
Tagsno overlap
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
LearningOperationsImprovement
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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
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
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 Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective