There are 3 roles in Power Retro:
Facilitator
The Facilitator directs the flow of the retrospective:
administers the Event Settings
changes the steps on the Progress Bar and leads the conversations
based on the actual step of the Retrospective Event the Facilitator has a number of extra options
the Open Lobby button is shown to all Users with Create Retrospective Board Jira permission. Clicking it will grant the user the Facilitator role and will start the Retrospective event with changing the board status to the Lobby
hovering over the Back arrow in the bottom left part of the screen expands it and reveales, clicking it will change the step of the board back to Backlog
In the middle of the screen, the Let’s Go! button launches the retrospective event with the actual Event Settings which can be set by clicking the cogwheel button in the top right corner of the screen
Clicking the Let’s Go! button is final. The Facilitator can’t step back to the Lobby after doing it.
if the “Everybody has to add at least one idea” option is enabled in the Event Settings and someone has not added any retro cards to the board the Facilitator will get an informative error message about the situation when trying to progress to the next step. The step can be changed regardless by clicking Continue Anyway
the Facilitator can click on the Participants in the Sidebar to filter down to their retro cards
if the “Everyone has to cast at least one vote” option is enabled in the Event Settings and someone has not cast any votes the Facilitator will get an informative error message about the situation when trying to progress to the next step. The step can be changed regardless by clicking Continue Anyway
the Facilitator of the Retrospective Event can create Action Items and change between topics to discuss with the Team
After all necessary topics has been discussed the Facilitator can click the Finish Retrospective button which closes the event and takes everyone to the Summary page
Participants
Participants are usually teammates that worked together in the previous period. They can:
create Retrospective Cards with their ideas
move the Cards between columns or just reorder them with drag & drop
Group the Retrospective Cards
Vote for individual Cards or whole group to discuss them on the Discussion page
Spectators
Spectators are users who joined the Retrospective Event late and the Facilitator restricted their involvement with the Retrospective board from the Event Settings panel. Spectators can’t interact with the board but they can still observe what is happening in real time.