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Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
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.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.
Complexitydifferent
LowHigh
Timedifferent
45-90 min2-8 h
Participantsdifferent
4-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Starfish Board, Practice Changes, ExperimentsProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
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Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
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