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Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat 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.With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.When a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-102-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Emotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
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 for Responsibility Poker.
Facilitation
Responsibility Poker
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective