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| Criterion |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Product Strategy RICE Scoring |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable. | When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 60-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-10 | 2-8 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption Log | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | RetrospectiveTeamReflection |