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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Agile Sprint Retrospective |  Operations Theory of Constraints |  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 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. | For a system that does not get faster despite effort, the method directs attention to the bottleneck. It concentrates improvement on the point that actually limits throughput. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter | 2-4 h Analyse, laufend | 45–75 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | Scrum Team | 3-12 | Team members involved |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Improvement actions, Team agreements | Constraint Map, Improvement Plan, Flow Metrics | 4Ls Board, Learning Themes, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | OperationsConstraintsFlowImprovement | RetrospectiveLearningReflectionTeam |