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| Criterion |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Systems Thinking Polarity Mapping |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Operations 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. | Polarity Mapping makes tensions between two opposing poles tangible, such as standardization and adaptation or control and autonomy. The method guards against making apparent either-or decisions prematurely. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-2 h | 45–75 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-12 | Team members involved | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Polarity Map, Warning Signs, Balance Actions | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | Learning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | Systems thinkingTradeoffsLeadership | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations |