Dedicate time to reflect on past experience, learn, and decide how to improve work processes.
  • output: changes to work process, new tasks, on-the-fly policies, and new drivers or requirements
  • facilitated meeting (~1hr)
  • regular intervals (1-4 weeks)
  • adapt to situation and context
Output of a retrospective
Output of a retrospective

Five Phases of a Retrospective Meeting

  1. Set the stage
  2. Gather data
  3. Generate insights
  4. Decide what to do
  5. Close the retrospective

Many different activities for each phase can be found at plans-for-retrospectives.com