Spicing up Agile Retrospectives - Agile Practitioners 2016 - Ben Linders
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Agile Retrospectives
Agile Principles
• “ At regular intervals, the team reflects on howto become more effective, then tunes and adjusts
its behavior accordingly. ”
What’s an Agile retrospective?
What’s an Agile retrospective?
The Agile Retrospective is a• time of reflection
• where You talk about what went well and what did not go well
• where You wonder what could be improved
Thee basic questions in Agile Retrospective:• What did we do well?
• What did we do wrong?
• What could be improved?
Retrospective Prime Directive
Retro’s structure
Setting the stage
• One word check in
• Picture the mood
• ESVP (Explore, Shopper, Vacationer, Prisoner)
• Team happiness rating
• Constellation
Gathering Data
• Plus/Minus
• Story Line
• Mad, Sad, Glad
• Metaphors ( the balloon, the boat)
Plus/Minus
Story(Mood) Line
Mad, Sad, Glad
Other metaphors
Generate insights
• Group the ideas and check for patterns
• Get to the root cause - > the 5 why’s
• Use voting techniques in order to prioritise ( dot voting)
Decide what to do
• Brainstorming
• SMART Actions
• What, Who, When?
Closing
• Short Recap
• Appreciations
• Opinions about retrospective -> Feedback Door
• Publish the retro
Tips & Tricks
• Informal retrospectives (during lunch/after work etc) -> great for bonding
• http://www.plans-for-retrospectives.com/ -> Retrospective generator, great for trying out new ideas
• https://www.crisp.se/gratis-material-och-guider/scrum-checklist -> Scrum checklist, a great tool to assess the team’s Scrum maturity
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishbowl_(conversation) -> Fishbowl
References
• http://lmsgoncalves.com/2013/01/23/constellation-a-good-exercise-to-set-the-stage-in-the-retrospective/
• http://www.boostagile.com/the-five-stage-retrospective-a-guide-for-scrum-masters/
• http://www.benlinders.com/2013/whats-an-agile-retrospective-and-why-would-you-do-it/
• http://www.watermarklearning.com/blog/agile-retrospectives-5-steps/
• https://hakanforss.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/agile-lego-toyota-kata-an-alternative-to-retrospectives/
• Flavius Stef’s course about Advanced Scrum Master skills