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The Start Stop Continue Retrospective

With the Start Stop Continue retrospective exercise, your development team can learn lessons from the past, cut out what’s not working, and keep doing what’s working well.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), PairsGROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Now that you’re familiar with the concept of the Start Stop Continue retrospective, you’re probably eager to give it a go yourself.
  2. Start For Free The Start Stop Continue Retrospective While a retrospective might sound like it’s all about the past, it’s also about the future.
  3. With the Start Stop Continue retrospective exercise, your development team can learn lessons from the past, cut out what’s not working, and keep doing what’s working well.
  4. Create Free Start Stop Continue Retrospective What is a Start Stop Continue Retrospective?
  5. It’s here that a specific framework to guide and give structure to the conversation can come in handy.
  6. The framework in question here is the Start Stop Continue meeting format.
  7. The Start Stop Continue retrospective covers three core focus areas: Start This group contains items the team should be working on but aren’t just yet.
  8. “Start” is often home to new ideas that solve problems in different ways.
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Now that you’re familiar with the concept of the Start Stop Continue retrospective, you’re probably eager to give it a go yourself.

Start For Free The Start Stop Continue Retrospective While a retrospective might sound like it’s all about the past, it’s also about the future.

With the Start Stop Continue retrospective exercise, your development team can learn lessons from the past, cut out what’s not working, and keep doing what’s working well.

Create Free Start Stop Continue Retrospective What is a Start Stop Continue Retrospective?

It’s here that a specific framework to guide and give structure to the conversation can come in handy.

The framework in question here is the Start Stop Continue meeting format.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: The Start Stop Continue Retrospective. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Now that you’re familiar with the concept of the Start Stop Continue retrospective, you’re probably eager to give it a go yourself.; Start For Free The Start Stop Continue Retrospective While a retrospective might sound like it’s all about the past, it’s also about the future.; With the Start Stop Continue retrospective exercise, your development team can learn lessons from the past, cut out what’s not working, and keep doing what’s working well.; Create Free Start Stop Continue Retrospective What is a Start Stop Continue Retrospective?. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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