DRPs, or Demo, Retro and Planning, all-in-one meetings are becoming more common as a “solution” to Scrum team retrospective actions of “reducing meetings”. These are an anti-pattern for a number of reasons, such as:
- A Demo shortchanges the team of the feedback from attendees. The goal of the Sprint Review is to gather feedback, not just show a demo.
- A Planning session right after the demo does not provide adequate time to adjust the product backlog using the feedback gathered in the Sprint Review. See above.