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Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Purposedifferent
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.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-2 TageUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter
Participantsdifferent
4-121-4Scrum Team
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewImprovement actions, Team agreements
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
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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 for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
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 of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review