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Retrospective

Meaning in product management, with examples

/ˌretrəˈspektɪv/nounCommon term

In product management, retrospective means: A regular meeting at the end of a sprint or project in which the team discusses what went well, what did not and what to change next time.

In Turkish: retrospektif, geriye dönük değerlendirme

How it is used

Usually shortened to retro. It focuses on how the team works, not on the product itself. A good retrospective ends with a few concrete action items, each with an owner, and avoids blaming individuals.

Example sentences

  1. In the retrospective, the team agreed to stop adding work in the middle of the sprint.

  2. Let's hold a launch retrospective next week while everything is still fresh.

Common collocations

  • sprint retrospective
  • run a retrospective
  • retrospective action items
  • launch retrospective
  • sprintA fixed, short period, usually one to four weeks, in which a team builds and finishes an agreed set of work before planning the next one.
  • definition of doneA shared checklist of quality conditions that every piece of work must meet before the team can call it done, such as tested, reviewed and documented.
  • iterateTo improve a product step by step by releasing a version, learning from users and data, and then changing it again in repeated cycles.
  • backlogAn ordered list of all the work a product team might do, such as features, improvements and bug fixes, with the most important items at the top.

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