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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
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 Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Purposedifferent
With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.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.After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLowMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing2-6 h30-60 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
1-203-103-123-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective ActionsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement ActionsLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
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