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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Mad Sad Glad
Agile
Mad Sad Glad
Paper illustration of a team retrospective with three separate Start, Stop, and Continue areas and a shared action list.
Agile
Start Stop Continue
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.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.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-3 h30-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-203-103-103-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesLearning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement ActionsEmotion Board, Themes, Action ItemsStart Stop Continue Board, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations
RetrospectiveTeamReflection
RetrospectiveImprovementTeamReflection
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