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Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
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
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.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min60-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-124-123-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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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
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)