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| Criterion |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 45–75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | Team members involved |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam |
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