In this workshop we focus on the notions of reflection and retrospective and their impact on the development process. Reflection usually refers to the individual's thinking about what he or she has accomplished; retrospective is usually conducted in teams, and is partially based on the individuals' reflections performed during the retrospective sessions. Both activities are based on the reflective practitioner perspective introduced by Schön in his two books The Reflective Practitioner in 1983 and Educating the Reflective Practitioner in 1987. The reflective practitioner perspective guides professional practitioners (such as architects, managers, musicians and others) towards examining and rethinking their professional creations during and after the accomplishment of the process of creation.

The working assumption of the reflective practitioner perspective is twofold. First, the reflection practice provides a learning mechanism thus improves team members' proficiency and performance. Second, retrospective sessions provide a periodically examination of the development process, hence involves reflection on issues related to team goals, decision making, and follow up on previous decisions. In the workshop we examine different models of reflections and retrospectives in software development teams, outcomes of such processes, and relationships among the team and the individuals in such processes.