Software the Agile Way....

There is no TRUE way of doing retrospectives. Teams are different in motivation, competence, culture and size. What works for you, might be ineffective in my context.  For me, the key indicator of good retrospective - developed action plan to improve process. How you get there is not as relevant

Stage 0 - Discovery : Activities designed to discover opportunities and to generate new product ideas. Stage 1 - Scoping:  A quick and inexpensive assessment of the technical merits of the project and its market prospects. Stage 2 - Build Business Case:  This is the critical homework stage - the one that makes or breaks the project. Technical, marketing and business feasibility are accessed resulting in a business case which has three main components: product and project definition; project justification; and project plan. Stage 3 - Development:  Plans are translated into concrete deliverables. The actual design and development of the new product occurs, the manufacturing or operations plan is mapped out, the marketing launch and operating plans are developed, and the test plans for the next stage are defined. Stage 4 - Testing and Validation:  The purpose of this stage is to provide validation of the entire project: the product itself, the production/manufactu...