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| Criterion |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |  Operations After-Action Review |  Operations Eat the Frog |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter | 20-45 min | 15-90 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | Scrum Team | 3-12 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Improvement actions, Team agreements | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | LearningOperationsImprovement | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution |
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