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| Criterion | ![]() Agile Starfish Retrospective | ![]() Facilitation Responsibility Poker | ![]() 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. | When it stays unclear who carries responsibility and who only contributes, Responsibility Poker makes the distribution of responsibility explicit. It sharpens the boundaries between weighing in, deciding, and bearing consequences. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-10 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Responsibility Map, Role Agreements, Open Questions | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items |
Tags1 shared | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RolesResponsibilityTeamFacilitation | RetrospectiveTeamReflection |
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