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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Purposedifferent
A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.When a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 minUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-10Scrum Team3-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesImprovement actions, Team agreementsCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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