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The Scrum Team inspects people, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done, then agrees on a few testable improvements.
Agile
Sprint Retrospective
Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Purposedifferent
When a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together.When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorterlaufend
Participantsdifferent
Scrum Team2-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Improvement actions, Team agreementsThroughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules
Tagsno overlap
RetrospectiveImprovementLearning
EstimationForecastingFlow
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A structured reflection surfaces what was liked, learned, lacked, and longed for. It is a conversation format and does not validate actions automatically.
Agile
4Ls Retrospective
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration for Learning Review.
Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting