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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 notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.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
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Timedifferent
Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter1-2 h Setup, laufend20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
Scrum Team13-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Improvement actions, Team agreementsAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineLessons learned, Action items, Event summary
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
LearningOperationsImprovement
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Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly 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