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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 Kanban board with To Discuss, Discussing and Discussed columns, topic cards, votes and timer.
Facilitation
Lean Coffee
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 a group without a fixed agenda needs to get into useful conversations quickly, Lean Coffee structures the start around interests rather than a presentation. The group itself negotiates which topics get time first and which wait.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Scrum Team3-20
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Improvement actions, Team agreementsPrioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
FacilitationAutonomyDialogue
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Paper illustration for Peer Instruction.
Knowledge Modeling
Peer Instruction
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
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review