Check the pace like you check velocity.
Teams track delivery every sprint, but rarely track how sustainable it felt. Five minutes in retro changes that.
Score it
Question 1
“How sustainable did this sprint feel?”
- Scored 1–5, anonymously
Name the push
Question 2
“What pushed us over?”
- Scope, interrupts, peaks, meetings
Name the relief
Question 3
“What gave us recovery?”
- Do more of it deliberately
Change one thing
Question 4
“What will we change next sprint?”
- One action, owned by one person
Check the pace like you check velocity.