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Project Management & Agile · Foundational

Sprint Retrospective

Scrum event to plan ways to increase quality and effectiveness.

Definition

The Scrum Team inspects how the last Sprint went regarding individuals, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then identifies the most helpful improvements. These may be added to the next Sprint Backlog. Timeboxed to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; it concludes the Sprint.

Example

The team agrees to add automated regression tests and adds that item to the next Sprint Backlog.

Exam tip

The retrospective is the last event in the Sprint; the whole Scrum Team attends.

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