1. Introduction to Retrospective Facilitation
Ville Ruuskanen @_wjr_

2. About me
2010 Agile!
2011 Retrospectives in own team
2012 Retrospectives for others

3. What?
When?
Why?
Who?

4. What?
Improvement
Follow-up on
previous actions
One of the Scrum
ceremonies
Informal
meeting

5. When?
End of project
End of iteration
Agreed
cycle

6. Why?
Lessons learned
Improvement
Sharing
experiences

7. Who?
The team
Participates Facilitates
Scrum Master
Anyone
All involved
Experienced
facilitator

9. Structure of a Retrospective
1. Set the Stage
2. Gather Data
3. Generate Insights
4. Decide What to Do
5. Close the Retrospective

10. Set the StageSet the StageSet the StageSet the Stage
Structure of a Retrospective
Gather DataGather Data
GenerateGenerate
InsightsInsights
Decide WhatDecide What
to Doto Do Close the Retros.Close the Retros.Close the Retros.Close the Retros.

11. State the focus of the retrospective
Get everyone "alert"
Review previous decisions and actions
Prime Directive
Test the group
Set the StageSet the StageSet the StageSet the Stage

13. Prime Directive
"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.
At the end of a project everyone knows so much more.
Naturally we will discover decisions and actions we wish we
could do over. This is wisdom to be celebrated, not judgement
used to embarrass."

14. Collect facts and feelings
Create shared understanding of what happened
Gather DataGather Data

17. Interpret the data for causes and effects, strengths
and issues etc.
GenerateGenerate
InsightsInsights

19. great success!
do more often
no time for testing
add a tester to
the team
refine DOD?
PO should know this

20. Pick a few actionable improvements
Decide WhatDecide What
to Doto Do

21. What about project retrospectives?

22. Review the results
Feedback!
Close the Retros.Close the Retros.Close the Retros.Close the Retros.

24. Structure of a Retrospective
1. Set the Stage
2. Gather Data
3. Generate Insights
4. Decide What to Do
5. Close the Retrospective

25. Structure of a Retrospective
0. Preparation
1. Set the Stage
2. Gather Data
3. Generate Insights
4. Decide What to Do
5. Close the Retrospective

26. Preparation
Space
Activities
Time
Materials

27. Example
Retrospective at the end of a release
(4 weeks) for a team of 8

28. Example - Space
Large enough
Movable furniture
Whiteboard / Flipchart

29. Example - Activities
1. Set the Stage ”check-in”
2. Gather Data ”mad-sad-glad”
3. Generate Insights ”prioritize with dots”
4. Decide What to Do ”SMART goals”
5. Close the Retrospective ”+/delta”

30. Example - Time
0. Preparation 60 minutes
1. Set the Stage 10 minutes
2. Gather Data 40 minutes
3. Generate Insights 30 minutes
4. Decide What to Do 15 minutes
5. Close the Retrospective 10 minutes
+ buffer 15 minutes
Total: 1 h + 2 h

31. Example - Materials

32. Facilitator?
”one that helps to bring about an outcome (as learning,
productivity, or communication) by providing indirect or
unobtrusive assistance, guidance, or supervision”
Merriam-Webster online dictionary

33. Facilitation = Management + Leadership
Manage
time
activities
group
Lead
the people
Warning!
Do not steer or manipulate the group

34. Practice!

35. http://pragprog.com/book/dlret/agile-retrospectives
http://leanpub.com/the-retrospective-handbook

36. Thank you!