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Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
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 is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.
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45-90 min2-4 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-123-123-10
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesEmotion Board, Themes, Action Items
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RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
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Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
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Starfish Retrospective
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