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Criterion
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Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.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
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min45-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-102-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Emotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk rankingStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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