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| Criterion |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |  Operations After-Action 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. | 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. | 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. |
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 | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | Scrum Team | 1-8 | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Improvement actions, Team agreements | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | SensemakingDecisionRationale | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | LearningOperationsImprovement |