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Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
4-121-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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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
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 Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop