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Criterion
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued.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
1-5 Tage45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic4-123-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteStarfish Board, Practice Changes, ExperimentsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
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 Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test