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Criterion
Runbook workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Runbook
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Purposedifferent
For recurring operational tasks or incidents, the method keeps solid action logic ready. It reduces uncertainty when time pressure, role changes, or rare situations demand fast access.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.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
20-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-44-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Runbook, Checklist, Escalation PathStarfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments
Tagsno overlap
OperationsReliabilityDocumentation
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
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Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review