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#+title: Retrospectives
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#+date: <2025-11-05 wed 20:46>
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#+filetags: :learning:notes:
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* Dates:
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- First retrospective meeting held at the end of sprint 1: <2025-11-04 Tue>
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- Second retrospective (and subsequent biweekly ones): <2025-11-18 Tue>
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** Retros from <2025-12-02 Tue>
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[[../../assets/images/reviews/02-12-25-retros.jpg]]
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* Introduction:
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Retrospectives are part of the agile methodology of working, and is a way for the team to discuss and reflect on the way the sprint went.
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** Purpose of Sprint Retrospectives
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- Continuous improvement: Teams inspect their work and processes to enhance quality and effectiveness.
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- Reflection and learning: Members discuss what went well, what didn’t, and why.
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- Actionable change: The goal is to identify specific improvements and implement them in the next sprint.
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** Key Activities During a Retrospective
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- Review the sprint: Examine interactions, tools, processes, and outcomes.
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- Identify successes and challenges: Celebrate wins and analyse problems.
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- Generate insights: Explore root causes of issues and assumptions that led to missteps.
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- Plan improvements: Decide on changes to try in the next sprint, often adding them to the backlog.
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** Who Participates
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- Entire Scrum Team: Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Developers.
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- Optional stakeholders if their input is valuable, but the focus remains on the team’s internal dynamics.
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** Common Retrospective Techniques
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- Start, Stop, Continue: What to begin, cease, or keep doing.
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- Mad, Sad, Glad: Emotional reflection on the sprint.
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- 4Ls (Liked, Learned, Lacked, Longed for): A deeper dive into team sentiment and learning.
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** Timing and Format
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- Held at the end of each sprint, typically lasting 60–90 minutes.
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- Can be in-person, remote, or hybrid, using tools like sticky notes, voting widgets, and templates.
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** Best Practices
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- Keep it constructive and focused.
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- Ensure psychological safety so team members feel comfortable sharing.
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- Follow through on action items to avoid stagnation and disillusionment.
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* Frameworks used
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Boat model:
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[[../../assets/images/retrospective_boat_model.png]]
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