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Criterion
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Paper illustration for ABC Analysis
Operations
ABC Analysis
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem
Purposedifferent
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.With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention.After an incident with damage or a near miss, the method creates a sober field for learning without assigning blame. It directs attention to the course of events, conditions, and effective countermeasures.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter30-60 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Scrum Team1-53-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Improvement actions, Team agreementsABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control ListPostmortem Doc, Action Items, Timeline
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio
Site Reliability EngineeringIncidentLearningReliability
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Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Incident Command workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Incident Command
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