Summary of My Sprint Retrospectives at the Guildhall

I am currently the producer on two projects at the Guildhall at SMU. Each of teams consists of at least one artist, one programmer, and two designers. They are currently working on a new engine created internally by the Guildhall.

The two games consist of:

Miasma – 2D classic platformer

Miasma

Untethered – 2D gravity shifting platformer

Untethered

Throughout the ten week project, the team passes through six different milestones (Proof of Concept Technology, Proof of Concept Gameplay, Vertical Slice, Alpha, Beta, and RTM). After each milestone has been successfully complete, each of my teams goes through a sprint retrospective meeting. This meeting allows the team to discuss the effective and ineffective process that occurred throughout the milestone.

The process goes as follow:

Overview:

This initial part of the meeting discusses the product that was delivered for the milestone. Examples of the product are as follows:

Effective Processes:

This next part of the meeting discusses the effective processes that occurred during the milestone. Examples of these processes are as follows:

Ineffective Processes

This next part of the meeting discusses the ineffective processes that occurred during the milestone. Examples of these processes are as follows:

Future Milestone

This final part of the meeting discusses the plan for next milestone. Examples of this plan are as follows:

Overall, sprint retrospectives allow the team to reflect back on what they have done on the previous milestone sprint. It lets the team speak openly within the group to address effective/ineffective process as well help map out plans for future milestone sprints.