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Criterion
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Purposedifferent
When a team wants to deliberately adjust its working behavior, it makes habits visible and assessable. It focuses on concrete changes instead of diffuse mood.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-4 Wochen1-5 Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-121-6Nutzertraffic
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryInterest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
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
Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test