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| Criterion |  Operations Gemba Walk |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-120 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Observation Notes, Improvement Ideas | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | LeanObservationProcessOperations | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam |
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