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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 TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat 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
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.For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 min1-4 h45-90 min45–75 min
Participantsdifferent
3-122-84-12Team members involved
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam
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