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| Criterion | ![]() Engineering Kanban | ![]() Agile Start Stop Continue | ![]() Agile 4Ls Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable. | 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 sprint should not only be assessed but also learned from, it captures experience in clear learning categories. It records what worked, what's missing, and what should run differently next time. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 30-60 min | 45–75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-12 | Team members involved |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | FlowVisual managementDelivery | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam |
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