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Criterion
Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
Facilitation
Fishbowl Discussion
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Purposedifferent
When a controversial topic needs depth and discipline at the same time, Fishbowl Discussion makes the structure of the conversation transparent. The format keeps the core small enough for real dialogue and open enough for controlled turnover.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 improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Outputdifferent
Discussion Insights, Observed Tensions, Follow-up QuestionsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsStarfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDialogueLarge group
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
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