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| Criterion | ![]() Agile Sprint Retrospective | ![]() Operations Theory of Constraints |
|---|---|---|
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. | For a system that does not get faster despite effort, the method directs attention to the bottleneck. It concentrates improvement on the point that actually limits throughput. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High |
Timedifferent | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter | 2-4 h Analyse, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | Scrum Team | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Improvement actions, Team agreements | Constraint Map, Improvement Plan, Flow Metrics |
Tags1 shared | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | OperationsConstraintsFlowImprovement |
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