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| Criterion |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Team Design Team Cognitive Load Assessment |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 60-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Cognitive Load Profile, Action List | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items |
Tags1 shared | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis | RetrospectiveTeamReflection |
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