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| Criterion |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Operations Ivy Lee Method |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Agile Sailboat 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. | With a restless workday full of too many open items, the method creates radical simplicity. It directs attention to a short sequence instead of a broad, still-open field. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | When a team wants to read momentum, brakes, and risks together, it offers an easily understandable picture of the situation. It makes drive, obstacles, and headwind visible in the same picture. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 5-10 min daily | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 1 | 1 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Daily Priority List, Completion Notes | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | PrioritizationProductivityExecution | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement |