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Criterion
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
ChatOps workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
ChatOps
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.For operational work in a distributed team, the method links communication with direct system control. It records decisions right where the signal, the context, and the execution come together.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 minOngoing
Participantsdifferent
3-102-20
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Emotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsChat Transcript, Action Log, Automations
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
CollaborationEngineeringIncident
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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 of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective