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Getting started with Retrospective

Retrospective supports your agile rituals and any situation where a team needs to step back together.

Create a retrospective​

  1. Open tools.abyss-project.fr/retrospective.
  2. Click New retrospective.
  3. Name it (for example "Sprint 12").
  4. Choose the scope: personal, an organization, or a project.
  5. Define the sections you want (see below), then open the retro.

Pick your sections​

Sections sort the contributions from participants. Some proven formats:

  • Glad / Sad / Mad — emotions felt during the sprint
  • Keep / Stop / Start — practices to keep, drop, launch
  • Liked / Learned / Lacked / Longed for (4L) — richer variant
  • What worked / What didn't / Actions — minimalist format

Each section has a title, an optional description and a color. They are placed freely on the canvas.

Run the retro​

  1. Invite the relevant members (through sharing, or by distributing the public link).
  2. Let each person drop cards in the area of the relevant sections.
  3. Discuss the topics together and group close cards.
  4. Wrap up with a list of concrete actions.
  5. Mark the retro as completed when it's done — cards then become immutable.

Next steps​