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| Criterion |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter | 1-4 h | 1-6 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Scrum Team | 3-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Improvement actions, Team agreements | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause |
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