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| Criterion |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Operations Learning Review |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-10 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Learning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items |
Tags1 shared | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations | RetrospectiveTeamReflection |
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