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| Criterion |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Decision Making DACI |  Decision Making RAPID |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. | When a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 2-10 | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | DecisionRolesGovernance | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement |