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| Criterion |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Business Strategy Strategy Execution Loop |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Agile 4Ls 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. | The Strategy Execution Loop helps avoid treating strategy as a one-off document. It makes visible how strategic decisions are turned into objectives, initiatives, operational work, measurement, and learning. | 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 sprint should not only be assessed but also learned from, it captures experience in clear learning categories. It records what worked, what's missing, and what should run differently next time. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Initial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews | 30-60 min | 45–75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 5-12 | 3-10 | Team members involved |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Execution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning Log | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam |