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Selected:Team Cognitive Load AssessmentStarfish Retrospective4Ls RetrospectiveSailboat Retrospective
| Criterion |  Team Design Team Cognitive Load Assessment |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Agile 4Ls Retrospective |  Agile Sailboat 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 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. | 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 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 | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 45-90 min | 45–75 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-12 | Team members involved | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Cognitive Load Profile, Action List | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions |
Tags1 shared | TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement |