Project Retrospective PDF Template
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¶ Retrospectives
¶ What it is
Previously Sprint Retrospective is discussed in Scrum Activities.
Here the idea of a retrospective on the fly is underlined. It means the project team should be open to the form or common rules of the retrospective meeting but start the retrospective meeting whenever necessary.
Be sure to conclude the pros and cons of a sprint before the end of the sprint. Be agile, be responsive to essential findings on the fly, and be flexible.
¶ Why it is useful
This idea is easy to understand but is not the least important. Like dependency resolving, a retrospective on the fly usually aims to address real-time issues in production. It could minimise the impact of cons or uncertainties on the project and help it secure progress and success.
¶ When to use
Typically retrospectives are scheduled periodically, but you should adopt the mindset not to restrict the timing.
Whenever you realise issues are about to come into being or problems are already there. The issues with significant impact must be resolved before the regular retrospective meetings; it is urgent to set up a retrospective at once.
¶ How is it done
- Define the project or topic related.
- Define the relevant team members to invite
- List the good points to keep going
- List the bad points to improve
- Every member to explain their points
- Discuss the listed points
- Cluster all the issues by topic
- Sort out action items to improve
- Prioritise and assign action items
- Set up the next checkpoint and measurements, if applicable
¶ Do's & Don't
Do's
- Make sure every team member expresses their ideas.
- Be honest and take it easy with the purpose of improving.
- Cluster all the points to conclude the issue type to solve.
- Do sort out the action items of the issues found.
- Do assign each action item to the proper owner.
Don't
- Don’t criticise or blame.
- Don’t forget to follow up on the action items.
- Don’t set unreachable goals as action items.
¶ Tools needed
¶ Example
Main elements in the example
- Pros
- Cons
- Clusters (black tags)
- Action Items
- Retrospective Date
- Attendees
