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| Criterion |  Operations Time Blocking |  Agile Start Stop Continue |  Agile Starfish Retrospective |  Agile Mad Sad Glad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure. | 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. | When a team's or workshop's mood needs to become readable, it structures emotional signals with little setup. It makes strain, relief, and sources of energy tangible. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 15-30 min Planung, laufend | 30-60 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1 | 3-12 | 4-12 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Blocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus Plan | Start Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions | Starfish Board, Practice Changes, Experiments | Emotion Board, Themes, Action Items |
Tagsno overlap | PlanningTime managementFocus | RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection | RetrospectiveImprovementExperimentsTeam | RetrospectiveTeamReflection |