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Criterion
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
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 Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
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 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.For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
20-60 minUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter1-3 h20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1Scrum Team3-83-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Plain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesImprovement actions, Team agreementsBottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresLessons learned, Action items, Event summary
Tagsno overlap
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
FlowMeasurementConstraints
LearningOperationsImprovement
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