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Criterion
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
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
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.When a team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list.When a sprint should not only be assessed but also learned from, it captures experience in clear learning categories. It records what worked, what's missing, and what should run differently next time.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min90-180 min45–75 minUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter
Participantsdifferent
4-125-15Team members involvedScrum Team
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsSpotify Model Map, Action List4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement ActionsImprovement actions, Team agreements
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
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