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| Criterion |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Architecture Risk Storming |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-60 min | 60-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation |
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