8. What is a retrospective? n agile throughout A ritual held at the end of a project to review the events and learn from the experience and benefit from those lessons immediately
9. Hopes and Concerns I hope to… I’m concerned that… I hope to… I’m concerned that… I hope to… I hope to… I’m concerned that… I hope to… I’m concerned that… (for this session)
21. Check – In PURPOSE Icebreaker Improve communication Everybody speaks Remove tension
22. Check – In PLACE in retrospective Set the stage Gather information Insights Define actions Close Check In
23. Safety Check PURPOSE Understand people’s willingness to participate Low safety = conversations may not reflect reality and full story High safety = healthy discussions
24. Safety Check 5. No problem, I’ll talk about anything 4. I’ll talk about almost anything, a few things might be hard 3. I’ll talk about some things, but others will be hard to say 2. I’m not going to say much, I’ll let others bring up issues 1. I’ll smile, claim everything is great and agree with managers
25. Safety Check PLACE in retrospective Set the stage Gather information Insights Define actions Close Safety Check
26. Motivation Some people may feel safe, just not really motivated. Motivation measures a different aspect The ESVP exercise helps us here…
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28. Motivation PLACE in retrospective Set the stage Gather information Insights Define actions Close Motivation
29. Fishbowl Image by Nancy White at http://www.flickr.com/photos/choconancy/3212222495/
51. ROTI 5. Excellent. A really useful meeting worth more than time spent on it. High value. 4. Above average. I gained more than the time I spent. Good value 3. Average. I gained enough to justify the time spent on. I have not lost my time, no more. Value. 2. Useful but it wasn’t worth 100% of the time I spent on it. So I lost time. 1. Useless. I gained nothing. No value at all!
People get stuck in routines. Good is the enemy of great. Yet, is it insane to expect good and better performance if nothing ever changes. Even if you want to, how do you know what to go about changing? Image from: http://arnoldgirls.net/2010/08/25/the-theory-of-relativity/
Image from under CC licence: http://www.flickr.com/photos/taiga-tundra/4987668213/sizes/l/Doctors do post mortems to learnmore. Armypeople do post mortems to reviewplans. Class and studyingdoesconstantreflection (tests, discussions) to highlight
Let’s reflect on what it is that you are all here to do, and what concerns you may have. Let’s see if we can match these hopes or addresses these concerns throughout this workshop
MrSquiggle image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiritsdancing/2397421488/sizes/l/Blackboard from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiritsdancing/2397422446/sizes/o/
