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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
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 expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible.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 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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
Half day initial, dann laufend30-60 min30-60 min45–75 min
Participantsdifferent
Ein Team plus Stakeholder3-103-12Team members involved
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team API DocumentEmotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions
Tags1 shared
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam
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