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Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Purposedifferent
In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.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.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
30-60 minUp to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter
Participantsdifferent
1Scrum Team
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Updated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next ActionsImprovement actions, Team agreements
Tagsno overlap
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
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Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method