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| Criterion |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Operations 8D Problem Solving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. | 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. | For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-4 h | 45–75 min | 1-6 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-8 | Team members involved | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | 8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action Plan |
Tagsno overlap | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | QualityProblem solvingRoot cause |