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| Criterion |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
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 wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |
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