A retrospective on retrospectives
summary
A practical five-step recipe—setting the stage, gathering data, generating insights, deciding what to do, wrapping up—comes with concrete timeboxes for a one-hour retro: 5–10 minutes to collect anonymous sticky notes, 10 minutes grouping, 25 minutes for action-item creation. Remote-ready tools include TeamRetro, FunRetro, Mural, Google Slides, Confluence and Jackbox for warmups. Examples: workspace-photo guessing, two truths and a lie, sailboat and 4Ls (often only like/lacked). Action items require an owner and measurable success criteria and get checked at the next retro.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 4:39What is a retrospective?
- 13:16Common retrospective pitfalls
- 20:43Gathering data effectively
- 29:56Generating insights and action items
- 36:32Q&A on retrospectives
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