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Criterion
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
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 Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.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 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.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min30-60 min45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsStarfish Board, Practice Changes, ExperimentsEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
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