Working practice
Retrospective
A regular review of how the work went, not what was delivered.
Definition
A recurring meeting where a team examines its own process: what helped, what obstructed, and what one or two things will change next iteration. It is separate from a demo or a status review, which look at output.
Why it matters
A retrospective without a change owner and a date is a complaints session that teaches people not to bother. With an external team there is a second failure: staff who report to a provider will not raise problems about the client in front of the client, so make sure a route exists where they can.
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A fixed period of work ending in something you can look at.
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A short written set of rules a team commits to about how it works.
Read the definition ›Escalation path
The named route for raising something that is not being resolved.
Read the definition ›KPI (key performance indicator)
A small number of measures agreed to represent whether things are working.
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