{"id":"lead-retro-prompts-five-questions-remote","audience":"product-managers","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"beginner","technique":"constraints","title":"Write five blame-free retro prompts from last sprint's facts","free":false,"task":"Write exactly 5 numbered retro prompts for a remote team's sprint retro. Each prompt is a question under 22 words, open (not yes/no), blame-free (no \"who\"), and references one fact from the notes. Plain text, nothing before or after.","materialLabel":"Sprint facts (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Sprint 21 facts (team of 7, remote across 3 time zones)\n\n- Planned 24 points; completed 17.\n- Two stories rolled over because code reviews waited more than 2 days for a reviewer.\n- A production bug on Nov 8 took 3 hours to diagnose; the on-call guide was out of date.\n- The mid-sprint demo got good feedback from 2 stakeholders.\n- Standup moved to async on Nov 4; 5 of 7 said they like it.\n- Two team members worked weekends to catch up.\n- Retro will be 45 minutes on video.","rules":[{"type":"questionCount","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":125}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Blaming questions","why":"The AI asks who delayed reviews.","fix":"Say: \"No 'who' questions; blame-free.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Yes/no questions","why":"The AI asks 'Was the demo good?'.","fix":"Say: \"Open questions only.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"No facts","why":"The AI writes generic prompts.","fix":"Say: \"Each question references one fact from the notes.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong count","why":"The AI writes 8.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 5 numbered questions.\"","checks":["questionCount"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each: \"each under 16 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part instead, for example: \"each line under 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Five","patterns":["5 questions","five"]},{"label":"Open","patterns":["open","not yes"]},{"label":"Facts","patterns":["fact","from the notes"]},{"label":"Blame-free","patterns":["blame","no who"]},{"label":"Short","patterns":["under \\d+ words"]}],"hint":"State the count, open and blame-free rules, and that each uses a fact from the notes.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly five numbered questions, each under 22 words, none answerable with yes or no","Each question references one fact from the notes such as 17 of 24 points, reviews waiting 2 days, the 3-hour diagnosis, the async standup or weekend work","None asks \"who\" or names a person or blames anyone"]}