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| Criterion |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |  Facilitation Lean Coffee |  Facilitation World Café |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter | 30-90 min | 60-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | Scrum Team | 3-20 | 12-100+ |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Improvement actions, Team agreements | Prioritized Topics, Discussion Notes, Action Items | Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | FacilitationAutonomyDialogue | FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking |
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