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| Criterion |  Facilitation Fishbowl Discussion |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Facilitation World Café |  Agile Sailboat 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 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. | 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 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. |
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 | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | FacilitationDialogueLarge group | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement |