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Selected:Start Stop ContinueCommunication PlanStarfish RetrospectiveArchitecture Communication Canvas
| Criterion | ![]() Agile Start Stop Continue | ![]() Delivery Communication Plan | ![]() Agile Starfish Retrospective | ![]() Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | 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. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-6 | 4-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |



