I've been in software development for just over 25 years. "Scrum" didn't start becoming a major thing until 2010-ish. Since that time, I could count the number of useful "retros" on one hand. It is almost always a waste of time.
"What should we stop doing?" "This." (The retro.)
Seems more like you never experienced a good scrum process. The retros were one of the most valuable things that always resulted in concrete actions taken otherwise i agree that it would be a waste of time.
Re:The age of Scrum is over
by apocalyptic0n3 on Friday May 27, 2022 @07:36PM
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Yeah, that's fair. I guess "Effective retros are essential" would be more accurate. It's just like any other step of the process: if the retro isn't working, figure out a different way to get the feedback. Nothing needs to be set in stone. You pick a starting point (i.e. Scrum + Retros) and make changes until things work as well as you need them to.
if retros arent going to be effective at real improvement, then its better not to do them imo*
*there are other ways to improve teamwork/processes anyways