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Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication 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.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.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-3 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-102-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Emotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement ActionsCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
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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 of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
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After-Action Review