There is a lot of emphasis, in literature and practice, on holding and leading sprint or iteration retrospectives. There is less information, guidance and advice about retrospectives with larger scope- release and project retrospectives that span multiple iterations and/or teams. Using journal information recorded from the planning and the conducting of a release retrospective with a scrum team, we’ll explore questions on who attended, when was a good time, what the goals, activities and results were, how it was planned and facilitated, and what the team and the facilitator learned.