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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 of Decision Rights Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Decision Making
Decision Rights Mapping
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
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.In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement.An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min90-180 min1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung
Participantsdifferent
3-124-123-20 Reviewer
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsDecision Rights Matrix, AgreementRFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility
ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance
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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
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Agile
Sailboat Retrospective