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Criterion
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
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Agile
Mad Sad Glad
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Purposedifferent
When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.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 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
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-60 min45–75 min
Participantsdifferent
1-63-10Team members involved
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment BacklogEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam
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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 Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective