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| Criterion |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. | When a sprint should not only be assessed but also learned from, it captures experience in clear learning categories. It records what worked, what's missing, and what should run differently next time. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 45–75 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | Team members involved | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | LeanStartupValidationMVP | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model |