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Criterion
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Game Day workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Game Day
Purposedifferent
The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event.After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights.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.In preparing for rare incidents, the method tests response capability under controlled conditions. It shows where assumptions about stability, roles, and recovery are too optimistic.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
60-120 min1-3 hUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorterHalber Tag
Participantsdifferent
3-103-10Scrum Team5-20
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement ActionsImprovement actions, Team agreementsSimulation Notes, Gaps List, Updated Runbooks
Tagsno overlap
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
ResilienceOperationsIncident
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