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Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Purposedifferent
Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.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.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.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
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-60 min1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-121-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge GapsStarfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeMappingRisk
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
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