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| Criterion |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |  Operations Failure Mode and Effects 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 a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability. |
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 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Improvement actions, Team agreements | FMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause |
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