Retrospectives - inspect, adapt and improve

Retrospective is an opportunity for the scrum teams to inspect itself about the development process and practices and identify areas for improvement. It usually occurs at the end of the iteration or release schedule before planning the next iteration or release.

During the retrospective the teams discuss about what went well during the current iteration, what did not go well and identify areas of improvement in the subsequent iterations or release schedules. The action items identified in the retrospectives are picked up for resolution during the subsequent iterations.

Retrospective Functions

Iteration Retrospective

Iteration Retrospective Function helps the team to manage the action items identified during retrospective. An iteration retrospective is an opportunity for agile teams to inspect itself and create a plan of improvements.

• Identify and document what went well and what did not during an iteration Identify and manage action items during retrospective Assign owners to individual action Items Track progress of action items using configurable statuses

Release Retrospective

Release Retrospective Function helps the team to manage the action items identified during retrospective. A release retrospective is an opportunity for agile teams to inspect itself and create a plan of improvements.

• Identify and document what went well and what did not during a release schedule Identify and manage action items during retrospective Assign owners to individual action items Track progress of action items using configurable statuses

Retrospective Attributes