What Is Sprint Retrospective & How To Get The Most Out Of It?
Sprints are an effective project management methodology with which you can get better results at a faster pace. Sprints are planned before a project officially sets sailing. But what if you could improve the sprints for better results?
Enter Sprint retrospectives.
What is Sprint Retrospective?
A sprint retrospective is a meeting where the entire team sits together and analyzes the team’s performance in the past sprints and comes up with strategies to improve performance in the upcoming sprints.
The meeting includes all the team members i.e., scrum masters , product developers, and the product owner .
Sprint retrospectives are not only a great way of looking into your performance in previous sprints but are also an efficient way of bringing all the members of the team on the same page.
Communication during the spring retrospective can help team members identify their shortcomings, find solutions to any issues they are facing or just enhance their performance with feedback obtained in the sprint retrospective.
These meetings can also help team members understand their roles and responsibilities as well as the burden on other members of the team. With regular sprint retrospectives, team members can always stay in the loop.
What are the sprint retrospective’s benefits? A sprint retrospective can be your way of identifying issues and improving performance for the future. Here are a few of its most noticeable benefits for teams:
The difference between a sprint review, and a sprint retrospective might not be that apparent considering the very similar but confusing names. In fact, both the meetings are as different as night and day. Here are a few differences that will clear the concept for you.
A sprint review is an external meeting wherein stakeholders are involved. A sprint review showcases the completed work to the stakeholders and is usually held before the sprint retrospective.
A sprint retrospective, in contrast, involves the team members only and focuses on analyzing the gaps in the previous sprints and coming up with strategies to improve performance in upcoming sprints. This meeting is held before the planning for the next sprint starts.
