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Process Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Operations
Process Mapping
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Purposedifferent
With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots.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.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-3 h30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-103-103-123-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Process Map, Handoff List, Improvement BacklogLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement ActionsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
ProcessOperationsImprovement
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
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