Bring your retrospectives to life
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From LAST 2016: Retrospectives are the most important ceremony for agile teams. However running the same format every time can lead to them becoming dull and can have an impact on the outputs they generate. In this session I'll share with you some unique themes and ideas that you can try with your teams to bring some heart, soul and life back to your retrospectives.
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Bring your retrospectives to life
- 2. Bring your retrospective to life @jhyett http://jayhyett.wordpress.com.au jhyett@gmail.com
- 4. What & Why “Agile Retrospectives are special meetings where a team steps back, examines the way they work and identifies ways they can improve.” – Esther Derby @jhyett http://jayhyett.wordpress.com.au jhyett@gmail.com
- 5. Why change them? @jhyett http://jayhyett.wordpress.com.au jhyett@gmail.com
- 7. Video game themed retrospective - Pitfall • Released in 1982 by Activision for the Atari 2600. • Over 4 million copies sold. • Second best selling game for the Atari behind Pac Man! @jhyett http://jayhyett.wordpress.com.au jhyett@gmail.com
- 8. How did it work and what did we learn? • Set the scene and ask people to draw or add to the picture. • Explain how the format will work. • Discuss from scorpion to swinging through trees. • People get involved early in retro. • Good ice breaker. • Changing the format changes the conversation. @jhyett http://jayhyett.wordpress.com.au jhyett@gmail.com
- 9. Cricket themed retrospective • What did we hit for 6? • What bowled us out? • What do we need to go to the third umpire for? • Start by dividing the board in two with a cricket pitch in the middle. • Get people to add to the picture. @jhyett http://jayhyett.wordpress.com.au jhyett@gmail.com
- 10. Celebrating special occasions @jhyett http://jayhyett.wordpress.com.au jhyett@gmail.com Valentines Day • What do you love and what don’t you love. Christmas Tree • Team decorate the tree and share only good things.
- 11. Futurespective • Flip the conversation – where are we today and where do we want to go. • Great identifying themes and ideas for a roadmap. • Tip – give plenty of notice before the session to allow people to bring ideas. @jhyett http://jayhyett.wordpress.com.au jhyett@gmail.com
- 13. @jhyett http://jayhyett.wordpress.com.au jhyett@gmail.com One Word • Check-in activity to see how people are feeling. • Get everyone to say at least one word. • Link to Team Mood.
- 14. @jhyett http://jayhyett.wordpress.com.au jhyett@gmail.com What animal are you? • A quick game to start a retrospective. • Draw an animal to describe how you felt this sprint. • Share your animal (gets everybody involved).
- 15. @jhyett http://jayhyett.wordpress.com.au jhyett@gmail.com Finish on a high • Feedback and recognition to a team mate for a job well done. • It’s not actually about winning a trophy.
- 16. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. • Retros are about all improvement so it’s a safe place to be bold and experiment with new ideas. • Get people involved and change the conversation. • Make it more than just a team meeting. • Have fun. @jhyett http://jayhyett.wordpress.com.au jhyett@gmail.com
Editor's Notes
- Intro How many people either facilitate or regularly attend / contribute to retrospectives? How many people are attending LAST conference for the first time?
- Two years ago I attended LAST for the first time. It’s a great conference (one of my favorites). That day I attended a talk from Ryan McKergow called Retrospectives Strike Back. This talk and Ryan inspired me to experiment with different retrospective techniques and some of them I’ll share with you today.
- Does everybody here know what a retrospective is? (show me your hands) Esther Debry quote If your starting out I highly recommend reading this book.
- Who runs this format? What you’ll experience overtime is that this format get stale for a team, the conversation is usually the same, the actions can be the same and things just become boring…
- Today I have 4 different themes that I’ve used with some of the teams I work with that I want to share, plus a couple of tips and techniques to bring life back to your retrospectives.