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| Criterion |  Operations Process Mapping |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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 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. | When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-12 | 4-12 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Process Map, Handoff List, Improvement Backlog | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments |
Tags1 shared | ProcessOperationsImprovement | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam |