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Criterion
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
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 for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
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.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.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.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.
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Timedifferent
1-3 h2-6 h30-60 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-103-83-123-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Learning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement ActionsCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention IdeasStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions
Tagsno overlap
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
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