Agile Retrospectives: What went well? What didn't go well? What should we do?

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.11780v1
• Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 05:33:35 GMT
• Title: Agile Retrospectives: What went well? What didn't go well? What should we do?
• Authors: Maria Spichkova, Hina Lee, Kevin Iwan, Madeleine Zwart, Yuwon Yoon, Xiaohan Qin,
• Abstract summary: In Agile/Scrum software development, the idea of retrospective meetings (retros) is one of the core elements of the project process.<n>We present our work in progress focusing on two aspects: analysis of potential usage of generative AI for information interaction within retrospective meetings, and visualisation of retros' information to software development teams.
• Score: 1.363420481690495
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: In Agile/Scrum software development, the idea of retrospective meetings (retros) is one of the core elements of the project process. In this paper, we present our work in progress focusing on two aspects: analysis of potential usage of generative AI for information interaction within retrospective meetings, and visualisation of retros' information to software development teams. We also present our prototype tool RetroAI++, focusing on retros-related functionalities.

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