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11. Sprint retrospective template

Use this to make the team admit what actually happened.


Sprint Retrospective

1. What improved?

  • [Improvement 1]
  • [Improvement 2]
  • [Improvement 3]

2. What degraded?

  • [Degradation 1]
  • [Degradation 2]
  • [Degradation 3]

3. Where did we lose intent?

Examples where work drifted from the original purpose:

  • [Example 1]
  • [Example 2]

Root cause:

  • [Cause]

4. Where did AI help?

AI created value in:

  • [Use case 1]
  • [Use case 2]

Evidence:

  • [Evidence]

5. Where did AI create damage or noise?

AI created problems in:

  • [Ticket quality]
  • [Code quality]
  • [Review quality]
  • [Documentation accuracy]
  • [Research accuracy]
  • [Juniors losing understanding]
  • [Other]

Specific example:

[Example]

6. What did we fail to verify?

  • [Unverified thing 1]
  • [Unverified thing 2]
  • [Unverified thing 3]

7. What rule do we need?

New or updated team agreement:

[Write the rule.]

8. One concrete improvement for next sprint

Action:

[Action]

Owner:

[Name]

Deadline:

[Date]

Success measure:

[Metric or observable result]