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| Criterion | ![]() Agile Mad Sad Glad | ![]() Facilitation Barcamp | ![]() Operations After-Action Review | ![]() Operations Learning Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance. | After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Halber Tag bis 2 Tage | 20-45 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 15-200 | 3-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Session Board, Session Notes, Community Learnings | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary | Learning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | FacilitationLarge groupLearning | LearningOperationsImprovement | LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations |



