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Selected:Starfish RetrospectiveSprint RetrospectiveTeam Cognitive Load AssessmentAfter-Action Review
| Criterion |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |  Team Design Team Cognitive Load Assessment |  Operations After-Action Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together. | When a team juggles too many domains, systems, or handoffs, it measures mental overload as an organizational problem. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a cognitive-load profile and action list. | After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter | 60-90 min | 20-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | Scrum Team | 3-12 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Improvement actions, Team agreements | Cognitive Load Profile, Action List | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary |
Tags1 shared | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis | LearningOperationsImprovement |