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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
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 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 team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.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 min30-60 min45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-103-123-84-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, ConstraintsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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