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Paper illustration of Strategic-Tactical-Operational Planning with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Strategic, Tactical and Operational Planning
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 of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Purposedifferent
It places decisions and artifacts at the right level. Strategic planning clarifies direction, tactical planning translates it into programs, and operational planning steers concrete processes.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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.When improvement options need to be sorted more finely than just start and stop, it brings observations into clear kinds of action. This makes visible what should be done more, less, newly, or continued.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
90-180 min30-60 min15-45 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Planning Levels Map, Cadence Model, Planning Artifact InventoryStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleStarfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments
Tagsno overlap
CadenceGovernanceExecution
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam
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