The Biggest Problem Agile Teams Have with Retrospectives

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Originally published on www.RetroRabbit.io

I ran a recent poll on LinkedIn to understand what the biggest pain points of retrospectives are.

While it seems like everyone has something they could optimize about their retrospectives, here were the top three problems that stood out the most:

1. 45% of poll participants said that their number one retrospective problem is that the meeting takes too long
2. 27% of poll respondents mentioned that they just don’t have enough retrospectives
3. 27% of people surveyed mentioned they struggle to remember what happened during the sprint

The Retrospective Meetings Take Too Long

Some teams can have incredibly long retrospective meetings. Oftentimes teams can also just feel that the retrospective meetings are too long compared to the value teams are getting from their meeting.

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What are some ways to more effectively use your retrospective time?

Literally shorten the meeting