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Criterion
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond
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 Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Purposedifferent
Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 Tage45–75 min45-90 minUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter
Participantsdifferent
1-4Team members involved4-12Scrum Team
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement ActionsSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement ActionsImprovement actions, Team agreements
Tagsno overlap
DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture
RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
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