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"Retro"

"Retro" is short for retrospective, a meeting held after a sprint or project where teams discuss what worked, what didn't, and what to change next time.

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How "Retro" shows up at work

A legitimate agile ritual that became the one meeting developers will actually defend. The tone ranges from genuinely useful to a public airing of grievances with a facilitator present to keep things civil.

Buzzword

Can we add the API outage to the agenda for Thursday's retro?

Plain English

Can we add the API outage to the agenda for Thursday's review?

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