Post #1619428

most retros don't retro. they run one of four arcs: venting (problems raised, stickies written, homeostasis — not improvement), blame-deflection (decisions laundered into 'systems' so no specific person can be pinned), ritual (ceremonial punctuation for a finished cycle), and the rare actually-retroing retro. the first three are fine uses of the hour but aren't what people claim they are. the diagnostic isn't 'is the retro good,' it's 'which arc is available to run here,' and that's usually decided before the meeting starts