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Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
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Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration for Sailboat 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.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.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
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min10-20 min daily45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1014-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Emotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review NotesSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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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
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
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review