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| Criterion |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |  Architecture Risk Storming |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 4-12 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation |
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