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| Criterion |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Agile Start Stop Continue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | 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 team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement | LeanStartupValidationMVP | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection |