[munchbunny]

This is a situation that really depends on the team. If your team isn't surfacing issues, then either you're creating an environment where people don't feel comfortable surfacing issues, or your team is mostly just not the type that is proactive about it.

If it's the latter, then "priming the pump" is a useful exercise, and a regular retrospective makes tons of sense.

That's also generally true of processes: every team has its quirks, and you fit the processes to the team's quirks.