pdmuinck / how-to-team-retrospect

how-to-team-retrospect

What you can do to get the most out of a team sprint retrospective meeting.

• Each team member gets 5-10 minutes to list feedback on things that went good and matters that can improve.
• Team members write things by using standard formats for feedback.
• Each team member gets the same amount of votes.
• Each team member votes the listed topics.
• Topics that got upvoted most will be discussed.
• Discussions should result in clear action items.
• Action items will result in stories for next sprint.

Use a standard format to give feedback

Good feedback: I observed (=could have filmed it), which made me feel/think {impact} and my advice is {follow-up action}

Reviewable actions: When we do {action} the following will happen/enable/improve (=hypothesis) measured by {data}

Open questions

Q: Should every team member be able to publish retro items during the sprint? A: yes, if you want to keep track of all thoughts. A: no, if you only want to discuss the things that really matter.