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Selected:Starfish RetrospectiveTeam Cognitive Load AssessmentAfter-Action ReviewSprint Retrospective
| Criterion |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Team Design Team Cognitive Load Assessment |  Operations After-Action Review |  Agile Sprint 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 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-90 min | 20-45 min | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-12 | 3-12 | Scrum Team |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Cognitive Load Profile, Action List | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary | Improvement actions, Team agreements |
Tags1 shared | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis | LearningOperationsImprovement | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning |