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Sprint 4 Retrospective

Date: March 3rd, 2026

Sprint Overview

Sprint 3 focused on migration and application returning back to its normal working state after migration.

What Went Well

Work Distribution & Planning

  • Established clear workload expectations at 12 hours/week/person
  • Identified need for better task breakdown with checklists and time estimates
  • Team workflow was well-received and validated by mentor

Documentation Initiative

  • Proactively identified need for comprehensive migration documentation
  • Team committed to creating clear, transferable knowledge base
  • Acknowledged that development and migration can proceed in parallel

What Didn't Go Well

Infrastructure Blockers

  • Network setup issues on IT department's side completely stalled migration progress
  • External dependency created significant bottleneck
  • No contingency plan in place for infrastructure delays

Focus Areas for Next Sprint

  • Complete infrastructure migration
  • Verify post-migration functionality
  • Begin development tasks that were running in parallel
  • Update all application versions
  • Improve team performance

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