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| Criterion | ![]() Agile Starfish Retrospective | ![]() Team Design Spotify Model Mapping | ![]() Facilitation Team Charter | ![]() Agile Start Stop Continue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action list. | When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day. | When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 90-180 min | 2-4 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 5-15 | 3-12 | 3-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Spotify Model Map, Action List | Team Charter, Working Norms, Role Notes | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions |
Tags1 shared | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis | TeamAlignmentCollaboration | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection |



