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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 of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
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 unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter45-90 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
Scrum Team2-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Improvement actions, Team agreementsRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesLessons learned, Action items, Event summary
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
LearningOperationsImprovement
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Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning 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
Paper illustration of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping