Retrospective from Sprint Board at start of sprint

Question

Hi all.  I recall having the ability to open the Retrospective for a sprint at the start of the sprint.  the squad liked this because they could add items to discuss as the experienced them rather than trying to remember at the end of sprint.  However, I'm not finding that feature available now from the Kanban board or the scrum boards.  Does anyone know how to do this now OR has Retro been relegated to only after sprint is marked complete?

Gretchen Swapp · Answer

This is awesome!  I selected the 4Ls Retrospective and it's exactly what I was looking for to use with the squad.  Now I just need to test out the feasibility of creating this as a habit for the team.

I really appreciate this idea.  I definitely like the team to capture issues to discuss as they occur so they don't have to try and remember at the end of sprint.  It makes for a much more lively, fresh and meaningful retrospective with action items that bring results.

Cheers,

g.

Gretchen Swapp · Answer

Thanks!  I'll give that a go.

Best,

g.

Walter Buggenhout · Answer

Hi @Gretchen Swapp and welcome to the Community!

I think the prompt to create a retrospective page only appears when you complete a sprint. But from your sprint report, you can create linked pages at any time:

Open your sprint report and click view linked pages. From the dialog there, you can click Create Page - this allows you to select a template from Confluence. The retrospective template should be there too, if you have it in your space.

Hope this helps!