Retrospectives and Process Improvement

Reflect on past experiences and identify opportunities for improvement.

Start-Stop-Continue

Effectiveness comes down to the culture (can honest opinions be shared?) and facilitation by the Scrum Master/project lead.

It has to be a safe space where it’s okay to fail and feedback isn’t taken personally.

SWOT.

Testers can share their observations, insights, and suggestions to improve the testing process and deliver higher-quality software.

Higher-quality software, faster, and with less pain is the goal for everyone. Testers have valuable input, just like everyone else. Retrospectives are not just for developers.

Benefits

• Increased test effectiveness and efficiency
• Increased quality of testware
• Team bonding and learning
• Improved quality of the test basis: Identify deficiencies that affect the quality of the test basis
• Better cooperation between development and testing