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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
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Root Cause Analysis
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 problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
Scrum Team3-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Improvement actions, Team agreementsProblem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident
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Root Cause Tree Analysis