The document discusses the Sprint Retrospective ceremony in Scrum. It provides information on: 1) The purpose of a Sprint Retrospective is for the Scrum Team to inspect their work in the previous Sprint and create a plan for improvements. 2) It outlines the typical steps in a Retrospective - setting the stage, gathering data, generating insights, deciding what to do, and closing the retrospective. 3) It discusses ways to improve Retrospectives by making them more engaging, keeping action items tracked, and moving from reactive to proactive planning.

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3. Retry Out of the box !!
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5. is an opportunity for the
Scrum Team to inspect itself
and create a plan for
improvements to be enacted
during the next Sprint.
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 Inspect how the last
Sprint went with regards
to people, relationships,
process, and tools;
 Identify and order the
major items that went
well and potential
improvements;
 Create a plan for
implementing
improvements to the way
the Scrum Team does its
work.Although improvements may be implemented at any
time, the Sprint Retrospective provides a formal
opportunity to focus on inspection and adaptation.
1. Set The Stage
2. Gather data
3. Generate insights
4. Decide What to Do
5. Close the retrospective

6. Activity 1:

8. REFLECTION
Well versed
with the
Retro
ceremony
Understanding
flow
Desired
outcome

9. ESSENCE
Realize where you are
Engage the teams in fruitful discussions
Team work to build ‘We’ over ‘I’ attitude
Relish the power of Inspect & Adapt cycles
Openness & Transparency

11.  Start collecting
lists of all issues
risen on
retrospectives.
 Always keep action
items in Excel sheets
on you local hard
drive.
 Never remind or
check for progress
on planned action
items.
 Let participants
complain, justify
and lay blame.
 Volunteer and assign
yourself planned
action items.
Let’s Kill the Retrospective !!

12.  If you are a change driver…
What is the one biggest change you want to bring in Retro?

13. Expectations
 How to bring value out of retro?
 How to bring energy in retro?
 How do you build a team to move forward in a new
direction?
 What are the different techniques to look at
ceremonies in new ways?
 How to create retro technique from reactive to
proactive?

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15. Ground Reality!
Repeated issues
Engagement is lost
Trust is lost
Routine stuff nothing interesting
Over the time gets monotonous

16. “Everyone is born with an instinct of success, and ability to make it,
but only the ones who think out of the box succeed.”
― Unarine Ramaru

17. How was the SPRINT
(What Went Well)
BLOCKERS
(What didn’t go well)
Winning Moments, Appreciation
Suggestions/Improvements
(What needs improvements)

18. Bend It Like SCRUM
Process made by people are ready to prove their worth. But these are only as good
as the person controlling them. Build a team that can be an all rounder in the
”Scrum field”. A team that can score goals as well as defend his own goal line will
emerge as the new champion
TEAM
Leadership,
Stakeholders
Time boxed
Highest
Energy Level
Team Can
relate
Cross Skilled
team
Real time
Coaching
Equal
Contribution

19. Activity 2
Lets create our own Retro

20. Activity 3
Lets Implement

21. Scenario’s

22. Outcome

23. Outcome
Activities never
seen before
increase
engagement of
participants
Energetic
Participation
Effective and
actionable inputs
Free thinking
& idea sharing

24. Closing Game:

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