From the course: Scrum: The Basics
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Assess the team
- For a scrum team, 100% of every sprint is focused on the needs of the stakeholders and the end users. But the principles behind agile say that teams need to reflect regularly on how to be more effective and adjust their behaviors accordingly. In scrum, this principle has taken shape as the team retrospective, or retro for short. This is the one time every sprint when the focus is not on the product. It's on the team itself. Since the focus is on the team and team processes, the scrum master facilitates this ceremony. In order to have a successful retro you must have a safe environment. As a result, this is a closed-door session. The team must know that only dedicated team members will be present and that the team norms will be observed. This sense of safety is essential to ensuring the open dialogue that's needed to really assess honestly the way the team is working together. Usually the agenda for the retro is…
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