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Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
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
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 group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity.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
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min60-180 min45–75 min
Participantsdifferent
4-1212-100+Team members involved
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Starfish Board, Practice Changes, ExperimentsTable Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared Questions4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam
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Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Fishbowl Discussion.
Facilitation
Fishbowl Discussion