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Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration for Sailboat Retrospective
Agile
Sailboat Retrospective
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
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.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 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.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
Ongoing45-90 min45–75 min
Participantsdifferent
1-204-12Team members involved
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesSailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
RetrospectiveTeamImprovement
RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam
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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 of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review