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Retrospective Action Follow-Through System

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Design a system for retrospective actions. Past retrospectives and what happened to the actions: [PAST_ACTIONS]. Team size: [TEAM_SIZE]. Tools: [TOOLS].

Diagnose why actions fail (too many, vague, no owner, no time allocated, not reviewed). Produce: rules (maximum two or three actions per retro, each with an owner, due date, and a definition of done); a visible action board; a time allowance in the sprint plan for improvement work (for example 10 percent of capacity, with arithmetic); a review routine at the start of each retro (done, in progress, dropped, with reasons); and a metric (action completion rate).

Rewrite five vague actions from my list into concrete ones. Example: Before "Communicate better". After "Post blockers in the team channel by 10 am; owner: Sam; review in two weeks; measure: blockers older than one day". Include a template and a plan for escalating actions that need management help. Use my details.

Include a one-page action board layout, the exact wording of the review question at the start of each retrospective, and a rule that an action unfinished twice is either dropped with a reason or escalated.

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Diagnosis: last three retros produced 14 actions; 3 were done (21 percent).
Rules: at most two actions per retro; each has an owner, due date, and definition of done; 10 percent of sprint capacity reserved: 5 people x 10 days x 0.10 = 5 person-days.
Before: "Communicate better." After: "Post blockers in the team channel by 10 am; owner Sam; review in two weeks; measure: blockers older than one day."
Before: "Improve testing." After: "Add two automated checks for the checkout flow; owner Lin; done by sprint 12; measure: escaped defects."
Board columns: proposed, doing, done, dropped (with reason).
Start each retro with a five-minute review of last actions. Action completion rate = done / set; target 80 percent.

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