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iterate-retrospective

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Facilitates and documents a team retrospective capturing what went well, what to improve, and action items. Use at the end of a sprint, project, or milestone to reflect and improve team practices. To bank individual learnings into organizational memory afterward, use iterate-lessons-log.

How to install iterate-retrospective

install iterate-retrospective
# install the pm-skills pack with the skills CLI
npx skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills

# or add only this skill to Claude Code: copy the folder

skills/iterate-retrospective/

# into

~/.claude/skills/iterate-retrospective/ (all projects)

.claude/skills/iterate-retrospective/ (one project)

skills/iterate-retrospective/SKILL.md

Apache-2.0Full file
1<!-- PM-Skills | https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills | Apache 2.0 -->
2# Retrospective
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4A retrospective is a structured reflection that helps teams learn from their experiences and continuously improve. By regularly examining what went well, what didn't, and what to change, teams build a culture of learning and adaptation. The value isn't just in the discussion.it's in the documented actions and follow-through.
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6## When to Use
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8- At the end of every sprint (for agile teams)
9- After completing a significant project or milestone
10- Following a major incident or outage
11- When team dynamics feel off and need addressing
12- At regular intervals (monthly, quarterly) even without specific triggers
13- When onboarding new team members to establish improvement culture
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15## When NOT to Use
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17- You want one durable learning banked for the organization -> use `iterate-lessons-log`; the retro is the ceremony, the log entry outlives it
18- You are scoring an OKR cycle at close -> use `measure-okr-grader`
19- The reflection must end in a pivot-or-persevere call -> use `iterate-pivot-decision`
20- You need a recap of a general (non-retro) meeting -> use `foundation-meeting-recap`
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22## Instructions
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24When asked to facilitate or document a retrospective, follow these steps:
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261. **Set the Context**
27 Define what period or project this retrospective covers, who attended, and any significant events that occurred. This frames the discussion and helps future readers understand the context.
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