# Agile Retrospective

> When facilitating sprint retrospectives or team improvement sessions.

- Skill: `diegosouzapw/agile-retrospective` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add diegosouzapw/agile-retrospective`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/diegosouzapw/agile-retrospective/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: diegosouzapw (https://skillmd.com/u/diegosouzapw)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/diegosouzapw/agile-retrospective

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## When to Use
When facilitating sprint retrospectives or team improvement sessions.

## Patterns

### Start/Stop/Continue Format
```markdown
## Sprint X Retrospective

### 🟢 START (new practices)
- [What should we begin doing?]
- [New tools, processes, habits]

### 🔴 STOP (remove friction)
- [What should we stop doing?]
- [What's not working?]

### 🟡 CONTINUE (keep doing)
- [What's working well?]
- [What should we keep?]

### 📋 Action Items
| Action | Owner | Due |
|--------|-------|-----|
| [specific action] | [name] | [date] |
```

### 4Ls Format (Alternative)
```
LIKED:    What went well?
LEARNED:  What did we learn?
LACKED:   What was missing?
LONGED:   What do we wish for?
```

### Facilitation Tips
```
1. Timebox: 45-60 min max
2. Equal voice: everyone speaks
3. No blame: focus on process, not people
4. Action items: max 3, specific, owned
5. Follow-up: review last retro's actions first
```

### Action Item Quality
```
❌ "Improve communication"
✅ "Daily 10min sync at 9am, owner: @lead, starts Monday"

❌ "Write more tests"
✅ "Add integration tests for auth module, owner: @dev, by Sprint end"
```

## Anti-Patterns
- No action items (talk shop only)
- Too many action items (>3 = none done)
- Blame individuals instead of process
- Skip reviewing last sprint's actions
- Manager dominates discussion

## Verification Checklist
- [ ] All team members contributed
- [ ] Max 3 action items
- [ ] Each action has owner + date
- [ ] Previous actions reviewed
- [ ] Notes documented