Preparing for a Liftoff Retrospective

Throughout your liftoff and as part of the wrap-up, capture feedback from the participants. You can send out a survey after the liftoff and ask for anecdotes and comments about team members’ experiences. The responses you receive provide data and clues about how to improve on future liftoffs.

Ask the chartering group for help in evaluating the event. If you’d like explicit feedback on specific sections, ask for that, too. If you have multiple liftoff activities over several days, you might want feedback after each activity. Or you can wait until the end to gather all the feedback at once. Each choice has advantages and disadvantages. You get fresher impressions from feedback gathered after each section. ...

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