![]() "How much of your time was planned vs reactive?"ġ5. "What was the most satisfying thing to happen this week?"ġ4. "What one thing inspired you the most this week?"ġ3. "What was the stupidest thing you did this week?"ġ2. "What’s one thing you could teach your colleagues from this week?"ġ1. "What made you feel Joy / Fear / Excitement about this week / next week?"ġ0. "What’s the one thing you’ll remember from this week?"Ĩ. "Who helped or surprised you the most this week?"ħ. "What would you like to repeat from this week?"Ħ. "What surprised you the most this week?"ĥ. "What was the highlight of the week, and why?"Ĥ. An example: “We don’t have time for the retrospective because we have too much work.” "I'm sorry to hear, why is that?" "We have loads of urgent requests to deal with." " Ah." (a talking point appears.)ģ. "How ready are you for the retrospective?" This can be a really useful question to unearth the real issues. Since questions can vary, it’s also flexible which makes it suitable in many situations. "How are your personal battery levels this week?" " What drained your battery, and what recharged it?"Ģ. Asking questions is an easy way to start with retrospectives. Allow time and space for people to respond to each other's answers, and use follow-up questions to explore the responses (more examples below).ġ. Pick one of these questions to start your next retro with or sprinkle them into your data-gathering phase. Anyone who has ever run a retrospective can tell you that’s not how it goes. All personally tried-and-tested to make our meetings more interesting! Questions to ask in your retrospective Just ask a few questions What went well What didn’t go well What did we learn and sit back and watch as the learning happens. Try snapping the team out of auto-pilot mode by asking different questions, like the ones we've provided below. But don't go ripping everything up just yet. If you find the team are treating the retro as "just another meeting to attend" it will become a waste of time. There was little back-and-forth conversation, as though the team were just going through the motions. Technically yes, but you can’t help feeling that it was flat. ![]() Everyone attended, and the team has a new set of actions to try. A fun way to ask "How was this week?" The stale retrospective story ![]()
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