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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Agile Sailboat Retrospective |  Operations 5 Whys |  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. | 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. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. | 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 | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 45-90 min | 15-30 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 4-12 | 2-6 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Sailboat Board, Risks, Improvement Actions | Root cause notes, Countermeasures | Learning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | RetrospectiveTeamImprovement | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving | LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations |