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etrospectives… ccidentally a silent retrospective workshop presented by David J Bland 2011
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It can be difficult to convince team members to speak up in a retrospective. Each individual needs to have his or her voice heard, and by incorporating silent work techniques you can foster participation in those who may otherwise be left out. Come to this interactive tutorial as we explore the power of silent work and group collaboration in retrospectives. You’ll walk away with real world techniques to help bring out the inner voices of your team.
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Retrospectives…accidentally
a silent retrospective
workshoppresented by David J Bland
2011
about meintroduced to agile in 2002
currently on startup #3
passionate about failing fast
speaker / writer / coach
whyretrospectives?
arguably the single most important aspect of your
agile philosophy
crucial forinspecting
&adapting
whysilent work?
we often talkpast one another
“the single biggest problem in
communication is the illusion that it
has taken place”
-George Bernard Shaw
we fall into the
3 column trap
stop / start / keepkeep / drop / addmad / sad / glad
same as / more of / less of
writing uncoversquiet brilliance
let’s begin
how many of you have facilitateda retrospective?
( show of hands )
how happy were you with your
last retrospective?fist = unhappy
five = very happy
( fist to five - temperature reading )
with regards to pastretrospectives…
write what has workedwell on the green post-its
write what has not workedwell on the red post-its
( silent writing - gathering data )
as a group, place all of the post-its on your designated wall
as a group, organize your post-its into similar clusters
draw a circle aroundeach cluster and label it
( affinity sorting - generating insights )
each of you have 3 orange dot stickers
stick them next to the label(s)
for which you’d like to explore deeper
( dot voting )
write the label with the
most dots in the centerof your 2nd sheet
of wall paper
draw a circlearound
your label
as a group,draw a mind map
representing ways youcan use this label in
your next retrospective
( silent mind mapping )
show & tell
questions
Return On Time Invested
(ROTI) Exercise
each of you have 1 red dot sticker
at your chair
place it on theROTI graph before
you leave this evening
( closing the retrospective )
theend
presented by David J Bland
2011
creditsLyssa Adkins:
Coaching Agile Teams
Esther Derby & Diana Larsen:Agile Retrospectives – Making Good Teams Great
Jean Tabaka:Collaboration Explained
Rachel Davies & Liz Sedley:Agile Coaching
bonus
silent workit isn’t
just aboutretrospectives…
CollaborativeWriting
Tobias Mayerhttp://businesscraftsmanship.com/
CollaborativeDesign
Jeff Pattonhttp://www.agileproductdesign.com/
thank you!
@davidjbland
