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| Criterion |  Team Design Team Cognitive Load Assessment |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a team juggles too many domains, systems, or handoffs, it measures mental overload as an organizational problem. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a cognitive-load profile and action list. | 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. | 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 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 45–75 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | Team members involved | 3-12 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Cognitive Load Profile, Action List | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments |
Tags1 shared | TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam |