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Criterion
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Purposedifferent
After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.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 team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 h90-180 min30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-83-103-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Learning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement ActionsCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceEmotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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