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| Criterion |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |  Operations Causal Factor Analysis |
|---|---|---|
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. | For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High |
Timedifferent | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | Scrum Team | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Improvement actions, Team agreements | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline |
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