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Paper illustration for TRIZ
Innovation
TRIZ
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
Purposedifferent
For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.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 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.
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HighLowLow
Timedifferent
1-4 h30-60 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-124-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Contradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution ConceptsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions
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InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
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A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Paper illustration for Starfish Retrospective
Agile
Starfish Retrospective