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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 Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning 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 a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter15-30 min Planung, laufend1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
Scrum Team13-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Improvement actions, Team agreementsBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
PlanningTime managementFocus
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
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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 ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
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
Blameless Postmortem workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
DevOps
Blameless Postmortem