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| Criterion |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-12 | 3-10 | 4-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions |
Tags2 shared | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement |