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Criterion
Paper illustration of Specification by Example with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Specification by Example
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
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 business rules need to become precise, it ties language, example, and test together. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as an Example Table and Acceptance Tests.After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights.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
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min pro Feature1-3 hUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter
Participantsdifferent
3-63-10Scrum Team
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Example Table, Acceptance TestsLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement ActionsImprovement actions, Team agreements
Tagsno overlap
AgileRequirementsExamplesBehavior-Driven Development
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
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Paper illustration of Acceptance Criteria Workshop with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Agile
Acceptance Criteria Workshop
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration of a yellow story card, blue rule cards, green example cards and a red question card on a light workspace.
Agile
Example 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