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| Criterion |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Facilitation Expectation Mapping |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 roles, interfaces, or projects fail because of differing expectations, Expectation Mapping surfaces these differences. It shows what each side takes for granted and where the pictures diverge. | 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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-12 | 4-12 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Expectation Map, Alignment Notes, Agreements | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | AlignmentStakeholdersTeam | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |