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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 ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
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 an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter10-20 min daily1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
Scrum Team13-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Improvement actions, Team agreementsDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review NotesLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
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Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
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
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem