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Criterion
Story Splitting method illustration showing its working structure
Agile
Story Splitting
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Process Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Operations
Process Mapping
Purposedifferent
When a story becomes too large for a clean flow, it breaks scope down along value and risk. It shapes the work into a form that ships earlier and is easier to verify.After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement.With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 min20-45 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-63-123-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split RationaleLessons learned, Action items, Event summaryProcess Map, Handoff List, Improvement Backlog
Tagsno overlap
BacklogIterationDelivery
LearningOperationsImprovement
ProcessOperationsImprovement
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Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration of Product Kata with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Product Kata
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective