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Kaizen

Japanese for "change for better" — the philosophy of continuous, incremental improvement.

Rooted in Toyota. Underpins all Agile frameworks' retrospective and improvement practices.

Across the Frameworks

Scrum
Informal

: Not framework-defined but widely referenced

SAFe
Informal

: Not framework-defined but widely referenced

LeSS
Informal

: Not framework-defined but widely referenced

Nexus
Informal

: Not framework-defined but widely referenced

Related Terms

Present in Scrum, SAFe, LeSS, Nexus.