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| Criterion |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Facilitation Open Space Technology |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|
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 a complex topic does not yet have a fitting agenda, Open Space Technology hands topic ownership back to the participants. The format suits questions that only move forward when real interest determines the order. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 0.5-2 Tage | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 20-500+ | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Session Marketplace, Proceedings, Action Topics | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | FacilitationLarge groupAutonomy | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam |
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