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| Criterion |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Operations Accountability Ladder |  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. | 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. | With defensive reactions to problems, the method shifts the view from justification to ownership. It makes visible which reaction stage a person or team is currently stuck on. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 20-45 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-10 | 1-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Ownership Reflection, Action Commitment, Coaching Notes | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions |
Tags1 shared | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | ResponsibilityLeadershipTeam | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement |