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Criterion
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
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.In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-121
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Starfish Board, Practice Changes, ExperimentsUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next Actions
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
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Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective