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Criterion
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Agile
Mad Sad Glad
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Kepner-Tregoe
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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.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.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.
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30-60 min2-8 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-102-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
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Emotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk PlanLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions
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RetrospectiveTeamReflection
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
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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
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Root Cause Analysis
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue