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| Criterion |  Team Design Team Cognitive Load Assessment |  Operations Process Mapping |  Operations PDCA Cycle |  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. | With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots. | For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode. | 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 | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 1-3 h | 1 h bis mehrere Wochen | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-10 | 1-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Cognitive Load Profile, Action List | Process Map, Handoff List, Improvement Backlog | PDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard Change | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments |
Tagsno overlap | TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis | ProcessOperationsImprovement | Continuous improvementLeanExperiments | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam |