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Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
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.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 wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.
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Timedifferent
45-90 min2-4 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-123-123-12
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsTeam Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tags1 shared
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
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Team Design
Team Topologies Interaction Modes