Reflection meeting

From DaVinci

Contents

Sprint Reflection Meeting

The sprint reflection meeting follows the format of discussion meeting with the follow specific customization.

  • Scrum master is the designated facilitator for the meeting.
  • All team memebers (including the scrum master) are required to fill out the Sprint reflection template and placed in combined reflection wiki page 24 hours prior to the meeting.
  • Scrum master shall review and group reflections from all members prior to the meeting to determine the topic for discussion. (i.e. scrum master determines the 3 key issues and if any additional issues that needs to be addressed for the following sprint).

Reflections

It is key to keep in mind that the purpose of reflection is to maximize the return on investment (ROI) for the project. The return can be directly linked to a Picture of Success or improvement to complete a feature on a Product Backlog more efficiently.

  • It is optional to provide feedback on predefined proposal statement if no negative observation is made.

Mandatory information for any negative feedback

During the meeting

For any topic selected to be discussed, it is mandatory to discuss 4 things:

  • what action is needed to solve the issue.
  • what is the return for solving the issue.
  • How much investment is needed to solve the issue.
  • How to measure the issue resolution.

After the meeting

The individual project roles shall review all reflections corresponding to the responsible proposal then provide a summary of good observations, bad observations, and summarizes topic for follow up discussion to address the bad observations or suggested action. It is up to the role owner to determine how these follow up topic will be addressed in follow up sprint.