Start Stop Continue Retrospective

The purpose of the start stop continue retrospective

The start stop continue retrospective is a pragmatic format that focuses on concrete actions.

It focuses team attention on reviewing recurring processes and practices. A powerful instrument for a team to optimize its resources and get to peak efficiency.

🏁Start

Share your ideas on what your team should adopt to improve efficiency and work experience.

🛑Stop

Name the things that your team should stop doing. This can be an overly-pricey process. Practices that are ineffective or that bring a negative cultural impact.

↩️Continue

List the items that your team should continue practicing.

As a team, you should agree in advance if feedback should be focused around a specific topic (For example: Code review practices) or broad, reaching any aspect of team life.

As with any retrospective, a scrum master or a facilitator must make sure that participants stay within a constructive discussion that is aimed at improving the experience for the team. No format can turn a blaming session into a productive discussion.

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