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| Criterion |  Facilitation Fishbowl Discussion |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |  Facilitation World Café |  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 group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 60-180 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 8-80 | 4-12 | 12-100+ | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Discussion Insights, Observed Tensions, Follow-up Questions | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge group | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam |