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| Criterion |  Systems Thinking Future Reality Tree |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation. | When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible. | 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 | High | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-10 | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Future Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam |