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Paper illustration for Team Charter.
Facilitation
Team Charter
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Purposedifferent
When a team is starting fresh or working past each other, Team Charter clarifies the shared working basis. It visibly sets out how collaboration, decision paths, and mutual conduct should work day to day.When a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
2-4 hUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter
Participantsdifferent
3-12Scrum Team
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Team Charter, Working Norms, Role NotesImprovement actions, Team agreements
Tagsno overlap
TeamAlignmentCollaboration
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
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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
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue