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Criterion
Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
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 needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.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
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufendUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)Scrum Team
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalImprovement actions, Team agreements
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
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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 of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration of Product Kata with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Product Kata