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| Criterion |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
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 deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood. | When a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 1-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident |
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