Few Bother to Attend
Some Scrum teams take an unenthusiastic approach to the sprint retrospective. For example, the product owner we mentioned at the beginning of this chapter attended the sprint review but not the sprint retrospective. That was a big missed opportunity, as the retrospective would have been the opportune time for the PO to talk to the development team about how to mitigate future stakeholder surprises. Similar problems may pop up if development team members don’t attend the retrospective.
The sprint retrospective is an activity for the whole Scrum team. It should include all development team members, the product owner, and the Scrum master—every time. The only way the team can improve is if the whole team engages in this event. ...
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