Scrum Gathering Brazil 2009
6 Secrets to Run Successful
retrospectives Learning from the past for the future

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After Action Review

4
debriefing

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HOW to do - Sprint Planning 2
WHAT to do - Sprint Planning 1
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IMPROVEMENT!

Where do we go from here?
understanding the reality

What is learning?

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Kids love to learn

The Secret of Gravity

secret #1 Disappointment of Expectations

Blaming
stops Learning!

Concept of Psychological Safety Accountability for Meeting Demanding Goals
Demanding Goal
Low High
Learning secret #2
Comfort Zone
High
Zone
Psychological
Safety
Apathy Zone Anxiety Zone
Low
The competitive Imperative of Learning, Amy C Edmondson,
HBR, 7/8 2008, p. 60-66

Who goes to the
Retrospective?

The Team makes it happen!

How do we run a retrospective?

Storytelling

“Regardless of what we discover, we
understand and truly believe: that
everyone did the best job they could,
given what they knew at the time, their
skills and abilities, the resources
available, and the situation at hand.”
-- Norman Kerth , Project Retrospectives

Timelinetale
telling the

What Went WELL?

IMPROVE!

SCRUMMASTER
TEAM MEMBER
PRODUCT OWNER
ORGANISATION

SORTING
PRIORITIZING
RANKING

INPUT FOR SPRINT PLANNING

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secret #3

less than 90 min!
secret #4

N Ø T IN THE TEAM ROOM

everybody
the team invites
secret #5

He/she makes it happen!
He/she needs to act!
secret #6

Copyright of this presentation is by Boris
Gloger.
Further Information you get from:
Boris.Gloger@borisgloger.com

Copyright of this presentation is by Boris
Gloger.
Further Information you get from:
Boris.Gloger@borisgloger.com