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Criterion
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 RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint 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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.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.When a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min30 min Setup, dann laufend45–75 minUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter
Participantsdifferent
3-121-3 maintaining, briefing for everyoneTeam members involvedScrum Team
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsRAID Log, Status Report Source4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement ActionsImprovement actions, Team agreements
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
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