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| Criterion |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. | 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 | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-60 min | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | LeanStartupValidationMVP | RetrospectiveTeamReflection |