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| Criterion |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | When a sprint should not only be assessed but also learned from, it captures experience in clear learning categories. It records what worked, what's missing, and what should run differently next time. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 45–75 min |
Participantsdifferent | Scrum Team | 1-8 | 2-8 | Team members involved |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Improvement actions, Team agreements | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | SensemakingDecisionRationale | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam |