Dev Sprint Retrospective Action Items
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Create a sprint retrospective facilitation and action items template for development teams.

Team details:
- Team: [name]
- Sprint: [number]
- Duration: [weeks]
- Team size: [developers + QA + PM]
- Current challenges: [describe]

SPRINT RETROSPECTIVE TEMPLATE

1. METRICS REVIEW (5 minutes)

   VELOCITY
   - Planned story points: []
   - Completed story points: []
   - Completion rate: [%]
   - Trend: [improving/declining/stable]

   QUALITY
   - Bugs found in sprint: []
   - Bugs from previous sprints: []
   - Test coverage change: []

   PROCESS
   - Stories carried over: []
   - Blockers encountered: []
   - Unplanned work: [story points]

2. RETROSPECTIVE FORMAT: START STOP CONTINUE

   SILENT BRAINSTORM (5 minutes)
   Each person writes on sticky notes:
   - START: things we should begin doing
   - STOP: things we should stop doing
   - CONTINUE: things working well to keep

   GROUP AND VOTE (10 minutes)
   - Group similar items
   - Each person gets 3 votes
   - Vote on most important items

   DISCUSS TOP ITEMS (20 minutes)
   Focus on top 3-5 voted items only

3. ACTION ITEMS FROM THIS RETRO

   ACTION ITEM TEMPLATE
   | Action | Why | Owner | Done By | Success Criteria |
   | [] | [] | [] | Next Sprint | [] |

   EXAMPLE ACTIONS
   - Improve: [add automated tests for login flow]
     Why: [2 bugs slipped to production this sprint]
     Owner: [developer name]
     Due: [end of next sprint]

   - Stop: [skipping PR reviews when time pressured]
     Why: [caused 3 bugs this sprint]
     Owner: [team agreement]
     Measure: [100% PRs reviewed before merge]

4. PREVIOUS ACTION ITEMS REVIEW
   | Action from Last Retro | Status | Notes |
   | [] | Done/In Progress/Not Done | [] |

5. TEAM HEALTH CHECK
   Anonymous survey (1-5 scale):
   - I understand what we are building and why: [average]
   - I have what I need to do my job: [average]
   - Team communication is effective: [average]
   - I feel supported by my team: [average]
   - I am proud of the work we are doing: [average]

6. CLOSING
   - Read back action items
   - Confirm owners and dates
   - One word to describe this sprint: [round]
   - Next retro scheduled: [date]

Source: https://promptzyo.com/prompt/dev-sprint-retrospective-action-items