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| Criterion | ![]() Agile Starfish Retrospective | ![]() Decision Making Constraint Analysis | ![]() Agile Start Stop Continue |
|---|---|---|---|
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 an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection |
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