⊿ Point. {R} Glossary. ◢ Keyword: R. ◥ University. {q} PhD. {tr} Training. ⚫ UK. ↂ EndNote. ☝️ [BS] Heigham. Retrospective. Look back at events that took place before A retrospective (from Latin retrospectare, "look back"), generally, is a look back at events that took place, or works that were produced, in the past. As a noun, retrospective has specific meanings in medicine, software development, popular culture and the arts. It is applied as an adjective, synonymous with the term retroactive, to laws, standards, and awards.
Medicine[edit] Arts and popular culture[edit] Awards[edit] A retrospective or retroactive award is one which is created and then awarded to persons who would have received it before. Law[edit] The term is used in situations where the law (statutory, civil, or regulatory) is changed or reinterpreted, affecting acts committed before the alteration. Conversely, a form of retrospective law commonly called an amnesty law may decriminalize certain acts. Software development[edit] In agile development, retrospectives play a very important role in iterative and incremental development. See also[edit]