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Criterion
Paper illustration of Team Cognitive Load Assessment with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team Cognitive Load Assessment
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Paper illustration for Sailboat 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 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 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.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
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
60-90 min30-60 minUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-12Scrum Team4-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Cognitive Load Profile, Action ListStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsImprovement actions, Team agreementsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
Tags1 shared
TeamComplexityImprovementDiagnosis
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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