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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Strategy Execution Loop |  Operations Causal Factor Analysis |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Strategy Execution Loop helps avoid treating strategy as a one-off document. It makes visible how strategic decisions are turned into objectives, initiatives, operational work, measurement, and learning. | For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Initial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews | 2-6 h | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 3-10 | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Execution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning Log | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement |