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| Criterion |  Engineering Golden Path |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | 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 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-12 | 3-10 | Scrum Team |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Improvement actions, Team agreements |
Tagsno overlap | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning |