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| Criterion |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | 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. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 3-10 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | RetrospectiveTeamReflection | SensemakingDecisionRationale |