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Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-60 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
4-123-121-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Starfish Board, Practice Changes, ExperimentsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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4Ls Retrospective
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Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
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Cynefin Workshop