# Use Fishbone in Sprint Retrospective - Possible or not?

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**Category:** Agile & Scrum\
**Created:** [March 4, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/use-fishbone-in-sprint-retrospective-possible-or-not/15051 "2019-03-04T02:21:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![kathleen.gow](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/user_avatar/forums.visual-paradigm.com/kathleen.gow/32/3617_2.png) [@kathleen.gow](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/u/kathleen.gow)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/use-fishbone-in-sprint-retrospective-possible-or-not/15051/1 "2019-03-04T02:21:51Z")

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Hi Visual Paradigm,

Scrum process tool fits our needs well, except that we want a bit of customization regarding to sprint retrospective. Our team use to discuss and explore problems during sprint retrospective, and to identify the causes and possibly look for solutions. I see Visual Paradigm supports cause-effect diagram, which is a tool we use often for this purpose. My question is: Can I use cause-effect diagram in work item? Of course I want to put that under the work item instead of having the diagram scattered.

Best regards,  
Kathleen

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**Author:** ![Jick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v2/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jick](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/u/Jick)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/use-fishbone-in-sprint-retrospective-possible-or-not/15051/2 "2019-03-04T07:54:26Z")

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Hi Kathleen,

Thank you for your post. Yes, you can tailor Scrum Process Canvas by including Cause and Effect Diagram and any other diagram types into a work item as a custom artifact. I’ll take Sprint Retrospective Meeting as example. Please check the steps below:

1. Open the **Sprint Retrospective Meeting** in Scrum Process Canvas.  
 ![image](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8bf326283d56c147c249d96cf288c8839700b049.png)
2. Let’s say your team will create and discuss cause and effect under step 2. In step two, click on **Custom Artifacts** in the **Action Artifact** section.  
 ![image](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2696f25a3e0ee276fb6b6f753efe5c9d5531fdcb.png)
3. In the popup window, click **Add** and then select **Diagram…** from the popup menu.  
 ![image](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4a6211260f5a66b517d89d98c0a08617bb56bb0b.png)
4. Select **Cause and Effect Diagram** as type. Click **OK**.  
 ![image](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5d67da31f8ebb341582b19d57124e3a635d68ae8.png)
5. This creates a Cause and Effect Diagram. You can now edit the diagram.  
 ![image](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/uploads/default/original/2X/3/35a1cfad775309359c1344415528069728472945.png)
6. When finished, go back to the work item through the breadcrumb.  
 ![image](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4ee277617d89319db78060ff417c14dcf1d60b0e.png)
7. The diagram is placed under **Action Artifact**. You can open your diagram from there.  
 ![image](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f7b87d269a413dcc3e91a9b767661d0eee3afcf5.png)

Hope this helps. Please feel free to let us know if you need further assistance.

Best regards,  
Jick Yeung