Ask people to think back over the iteration/release/project and remember all the memorable, personally meaningful, or significant events and write them down, one per card or sticky note.

Remind the group that the point is to see many perspectives—so they don’t arrive at a consensus of what was memorable, meaningful, or significant. If it was any of those to one person, that’s enough.

Tell them they have ten minutes for this activity.

If you are color coding (see “Variations”) explain what the colors mean and post a legend.

Agile Retrospectives