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Retrospectives vs Post Project Reviews

Developers should use retrospectives regularly, typically at the end of each sprint or project phase, to foster a culture of transparency, accountability, and iterative improvement meets developers should use post project reviews to systematically capture insights from completed work, helping teams avoid repeating mistakes and replicate successes. Here's our take.

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Retrospectives

Developers should use retrospectives regularly, typically at the end of each sprint or project phase, to foster a culture of transparency, accountability, and iterative improvement

Retrospectives

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Developers should use retrospectives regularly, typically at the end of each sprint or project phase, to foster a culture of transparency, accountability, and iterative improvement

Pros

  • +They are essential for addressing bottlenecks, reducing technical debt, and adapting workflows to changing requirements, ultimately leading to higher-quality software and better team dynamics
  • +Related to: scrum, kanban

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Post Project Reviews

Developers should use Post Project Reviews to systematically capture insights from completed work, helping teams avoid repeating mistakes and replicate successes

Pros

  • +They are particularly valuable after major releases, sprints, or product launches to enhance collaboration, refine workflows, and document best practices for organizational learning
  • +Related to: agile-methodologies, project-management

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Retrospectives if: You want they are essential for addressing bottlenecks, reducing technical debt, and adapting workflows to changing requirements, ultimately leading to higher-quality software and better team dynamics and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Post Project Reviews if: You prioritize they are particularly valuable after major releases, sprints, or product launches to enhance collaboration, refine workflows, and document best practices for organizational learning over what Retrospectives offers.

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The Bottom Line
Retrospectives wins

Developers should use retrospectives regularly, typically at the end of each sprint or project phase, to foster a culture of transparency, accountability, and iterative improvement

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