Ideas for Personal Retrospectives

What is aRetrospective?

Time for Reflection

Regular Ritual

Learn

Learn

What is a PersonalRetrospective?

About me

Write it down

① Set the Stage

② Gather Data

③ Generate Insights

④ Decide What to Do

⑤ Closing the

Retrospective

Set the Stage

Prepare

Set the Stage

Have Music

Gather Data

Data Sources

Gather Data

Data Sources

Generate Insights

Fill Timeline

Generate Insights

Colorize Timeline

Mads

Sads

Glads

Generate Insights

Patterns in Timeline

Decide What to Do

Define Goals

Decide What to Do

Choose Actions

Decide What to Do

Make it happen

Closing

Write a letter

How to start with PersonalRetrospectives?

Retrospective 2009

How willyou start PersonalRetrospective?

Evolve yourown style

① Set the Stage• Preparations• Starting Music• Read out Prime

Directive

② Gather Data• Calendar/ToDo Lists• Mingle/Jira/Bugzilla et

al.• Notes, Diary,

Engineering Log• Feedback• Metrics

③ Generate Insights• Timeline• Ask Why 5 Times• Mind Maps• Lists

④ Decide What to Do• Goals• SMART Objectives• Make it happen

⑤ Closing the Retrospective• Retrospective Letter• Enjoy Timeline

Cocktail• Closing Music

Ideas for Personal Retrospectives

Johannes Thönes

ThoughtWorks Germany (Hamburg)

jthoenes@thoughtworks.com

http://blog.jthoenes.net

ImagesTimes for Reflection http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_everett82/379557067Ritual http://www.flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/3694736727/Learn 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/28096801@N05/4023696768Learn 2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewfane/6489257009Write it down http://www.flickr.com/photos/matsuyuki/2328829160Music http://www.flickr.com/photos/tangysd/6816262905Retrospective 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakecaptive/3205277810

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