Our reading notes

Retrospective

Workshop by Atlassian Team Playbook

A runnable retrospective play for reflecting on recent work and choosing improvements, with preparation and facilitation instructions.

What to look for

01
Gather experiences across the team instead of starting with the loudest diagnosis.
02
Turn the discussion into a small set of follow-up actions.

Keep in mind

A retrospective needs enough trust for people to describe what happened. It does not replace a time-sensitive incident review or individual feedback.

Put it to work

Try this next

Schedule a retrospective around one finished piece of work and review the previous actions before adding new ones.

Get the planning & delivery template

Notes and exercises by Awesome CTO. The original work belongs to Atlassian Team Playbook.

Work through the bigger question.

Our planning & delivery guide connects the reading to a practical approach and a template.