What do you put in a retrospective?
40 ideas to spice up your retrospective
- Set the Stage: make sure everyone feels safe and is in in the retro.
- Gather The Data: what happened, make sure everyone has the same picture.
- Generate Insights: analyze the data to find root causes.
- Decide What To Do: what are experiments that could help us to improve 1% a day.
What is a release retrospective?
A release retrospective is held at the end of the release and usually before starting the next release cycle. A schedule is worked out well in advance, and the date and time are communicated to all concerned so that they come prepared with some data.
What is the benefit of a holiday retrospective?
Just like how the holidays add some fun to an often cold and dreary time of year, mixing up retrospective formats helps bring out fresh ideas, surface new pain-points, and build relationships on your team.
How do you get people to talk in retrospective?
Summary
- Let everybody talk at the beginning of the meeting.
- Let participants write down or post something.
- Let them explain or say 1-2 sentences about their sticky note or posting.
- Lead by example: Start yourself and explain your sticky note or posting.
What do you put in a sprint retrospective?
Sprint retrospective template
- What did we do right in the previous sprint?
- What did we do wrong in the previous sprint?
- What should we start doing in the next sprint?
- What should we stop doing in the next sprint?
- What can we do to improve productivity?
How do you start a retrospective meeting?
How to run a remote retrospective with your team
- Step 1: Create an environment of psychological safety.
- Step 2: Figure out the agenda and logistics.
- Step 3: Review the recent past.
- Step 4: Discuss candidly, but respectfully.
- Step 4: Decide what you’ll take action on before the next retrospective.
What should I say in retrospective meeting?
Questions to ask when closing a sprint retrospective
- Can you reiterate the most important thing you learned today?
- How are you feeling about our next sprint now that we’ve identified these issues?
- Is anyone confused or unclear on any of the items we discussed today?
- Do all of our next steps make sense?
What are three team retrospective anti patterns?
The top three Sprint Retrospective anti-patterns from my perspective are: not making the retrospective a safe place, unequally distributed speaking time, and a ritualized format that never changes.
What should I ask in retro?
Valuable Retrospective Questions
- What helps you to be successful as a team?
- How did you do this sprint?
- Where and when did it go wrong in this sprint?
- What do you expect, from who?
- Which tools or techniques proved to be useful?
- What is your biggest impediment?
- If you could change 1 thing, what would it be?