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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 illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
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.After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
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Timedifferent
Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter1-3 h15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
Scrum Team3-101
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Improvement actions, Team agreementsLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement ActionsPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
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RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
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