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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 for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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 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.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
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Timedifferent
30-60 min45-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
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
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test