Q2 2025 · Retrospective
How did
we
actually
do?
Team:
Meridian Product & Eng
Period:
Apr 1 — Jun 30, 2025
Presented by:
Priya Menon
7 / 9
features shipped
+34%
activation rate vs Q1
−2
sprints missed target
01 · Key metrics
The numbers
MRR
$148k
↑ 22% vs Q1
Activation
64%
↑ 34% vs Q1
Churn
4.2%
↑ 0.8pp vs Q1
NPS
42
↑ 6pts vs Q1
MRR by month ($k)
$98k
Jan
$105k
Feb
$118k
Mar
$124k
Apr
$136k
May
$148k
Jun
02 · What we built
Shipped this quarter
01
AI Inbox Triage
Shipped
Rahul · 3 weeks
02
Automations v2
Shipped
Aisha · 2 weeks
03
Mobile redesign
Shipped
Dev · 4 weeks
04
SSO / SAML
Shipped
Meera · 2 weeks
05
Analytics dashboard v1
Delayed → Q3
Rahul
06
API rate limiting
Cut
Deprioritised
03 · Honest review
Wins & misses
✓ Wins
AI Inbox shipped 1 week early — first time we've beaten a deadline this year
Activation jumped 34% — directly tied to onboarding changes in May
Zero P0 incidents in Q2 after the incident response process we built in Q1
Engineering team grew from 4 to 6 — both new hires fully productive by week 3
✗ Misses
Analytics dashboard scoped too broadly — delayed by 3 weeks, moved to Q3
Churn ticked up 0.8pp — notification overload cited in 61% of exits
Sprint 4 derailed by 2 unplanned escalations — no buffer built in
Design → eng handoff still slow — avg 4 days, target was 1
04 · How we worked
Team velocity
Story points by sprint
60
40
20
target
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
Completion rate by squad
Squad
Done
Rate
Product
90%
Backend
86%
Mobile
81%
Design
69%
05 · Looking ahead
Q3 priorities
01
Fix churn — ship notification controls
AI Inbox follow-up. Directly addressing #1 exit reason.
Urgent
02
Analytics dashboard v1
Carried over from Q2. Scope locked — no additions.
Committed
03
Design → eng handoff process
Target: 1-day handoff. Current: 4 days. Internal tooling fix.
Process
Q3 targets
MRR target
$200k
Churn target
< 3.0%
Activation target
75%
Sprint completion
> 85%
Features shipped
8 / 8
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