192 retrospective questions
Retrospective questions, page 2
Questions 61 to 120 of 192. Prompts for sprint retros, project post-mortems, end-of-term reviews and event debriefs. Blameless by design, from quick scales to the questions that surface patterns.
- 61.
Where did we trade speed for quality, and was it the right call?
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- 62.
How did we decide what not to do, and did that work?
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- 63.
What patterns do you see across our last three retros?
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- 64.
Which of our recurring problems have we stopped noticing?
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- 65.
How well did our plan survive contact with reality, and what does that tell us?
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- 66.
Where do we rely on one person too much?
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- 67.
What did we measure, and did it tell us what we needed to know?
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- 68.
How did we handle disagreement this cycle, and what would make it easier?
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- 69.
What did we promise to someone outside the team, and did we keep it?
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- 70.
Which decisions were made in meetings, and which in chat? Did anyone miss out?
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- 71.
How did the scope change from start to finish, and who changed it?
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- 72.
What's one constraint we accepted that we should challenge?
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- 73.
If we had half the time, what would we have cut first?
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- 74.
If we had twice the time, would the result really have been better?
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- 75.
Which signals of trouble did we ignore, and why?
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- 76.
What did we learn that other teams should hear about?
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- 77.
How did we feel at the start, middle and end of this project?
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- 78.
What's the most valuable thing we produced that wasn't on the plan?
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- 79.
How much of our time went to planned work versus interruptions?
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- 80.
Did we have the right people involved at the right moments?
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- 81.
What would our customer say about how this went?
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- 82.
Which of last quarter's lessons did we apply, and which did we forget?
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- 83.
Where did we get feedback too late to use it?
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- 84.
What does our definition of done miss?
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- 85.
How could we make our next kickoff better, based on this one?
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- 86.
What did we learn about how we estimate?
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- 87.
Which part of the work would you happily never do again, and how could we avoid it?
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- 88.
How did our tools shape the way we worked, for better or worse?
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- 89.
Looking at the timeline, where were the turning points?
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- 90.
What's one thing we keep saying we'll fix but never prioritise?
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- 91.
How did we look after each other when things got busy?
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- 92.
Which process step added the most value, and which the least?
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- 93.
What would we need to change to deliver the same result with less stress?
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- 94.
What's one decision we should write down so we don't revisit it?
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- 95.
How did our documentation help or fail us this time?
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- 96.
If you could give the team one gift for next sprint, what would it be?
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- 97.
What are you most proud of from this period?
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- 98.
What's one thing you learned about yourself?
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- 99.
What was harder than you expected?
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- 100.
What was easier than you expected?
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- 101.
Who made the biggest difference to you, and how?
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- 102.
What would you do the same way again?
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- 103.
What's one thing you'd tell yourself at the start?
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- 104.
What's a moment you'd like to remember?
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- 105.
What drained you, and what kept you going?
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- 106.
What did you try for the first time?
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- 107.
Where did you grow the most?
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- 108.
What's one habit you want to carry into the next stretch?
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- 109.
What's one habit you want to leave behind?
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- 110.
What did you say yes to that you'd say no to next time?
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- 111.
What felt most meaningful?
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- 112.
What are you still curious about?
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- 113.
When did you feel most confident?
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- 114.
When did you feel stuck, and what got you moving again?
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- 115.
What's a mistake that turned out to be useful?
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- 116.
What would you like more of in the next season?
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- 117.
Whose help did you not ask for, but wish you had?
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- 118.
What did you learn from someone you didn't expect to learn from?
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- 119.
What's one thing you want to thank someone for?
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- 120.
If this stretch were a chapter, what would its title be?
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