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| Criterion |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | When a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45–75 min | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | Team members involved | 4-12 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions |
Tags2 shared | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement |