The Washington DC User Group (DCSUG) welcomed David Horowitz on April 25, 2016 to present on "7 Secrets of Highly Effective Retrospectives" Abstract: Retrospectives are the core of agility. And yet they are often the scrum ceremony that is most frequently skipped. Many teams like the idea of the retrospective but find them boring, or worse ineffective. Join Retrium (https://www.retrium.com/) CEO and Co-Founder David Horowitz as he reveals seven secrets that lead to effective retrospectives. You'll learn:* The best way to ensure your retrospectives lead to real change* The "pledge" everyone on your team must take before participating* How to know who to include in each retrospective* The single most important thing you can do to keep your team engaged during the retro* And much, much more! Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGPkGG4Z2A8&t=11s

1. THE 7 SECRETS OF
HIGHLY EFFECTIVE
RETROSPECTIVES
Hello DCSCUG!
David Horowitz
Retrium CEO & Co-Founder
April 25, 2016

2. EXPERIMENT
let's run a little

3. DAVID HOROWITZ
Ex-Big Company Guy
Ex-Wharton
Retrium CEO &
Co-Founder
"Recovering"
software dev
Father of two little
ones

4. Why retrospect?

5. Retrospectives: The Basics
Larsen, Diana and Derby, Esther. Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great, 2006. Print.

6. SECRET
#1
"PROBLEMS CAN BECOME OPPORTUNITIES
WHEN THE RIGHT PEOPLE COME TOGETHER."
­ Robert South

7. we can fix anything...

8. Out of our control
"The Soup"
Zone of influence
Zone of control
Circles and Soup
Idea by Diana Larsen

9. SECRET
#2
"ALONE WE CAN DO SO LITTLE.
TOGETHER WE CAN DO SO MUCH.
­ Helen Keller

10. Photo credit: CC Chapman via VisualHunt CC BY_NC_NDPhoto credit: Myles! via Visual Hunt CC BY­NC­SA
Photo credit: stefan.erschwendner via Visual Hunt CC BY
“If Dante rewrote the
inferno, I’m pretty
sure the first circle
would be conference
calls.”
­ Umair Haque

11. EVERYONE
if one person is remote...
is remote

12. Tools won't make remote work easy.
But they are needed to make it effective.

13. SECRET
#3
"STRENGTH AND GROWTH COME ONLY THROUGH
CONTINUOUS EFFORT AND STRUGGLE."
­ Napoleon Hill

14. Alternative#1:TheContinuousRetrospective
Photo credit:
Rachel Davies

15. Alternative#2:ThePersonalRetrospective
Photo credit:
Cara Turner
http://facilitatingagility.com/tag/personal­retrospective/

16. Alternative#3:TheFuturespective
Photo credit:
chaiNisse via VisualHunt.com / CC BY­ND

17. SECRET
#4
"LIFE IS AN EXPERIMENT IN WHICH YOU MAY FAIL
OR SUCCEED. EXPLORE MORE, EXPECT LEAST."
­ Santosh Kalwar

18. RETROSPECTIVES AS EXPERIMENTS
We hypothesize by <implementing this change>
We will <solve this problem>
Which will have <these benefits>
As measured by <this measurement>

19. SECRET
#5
"IF YOU CHOOSE TWO RABBITS,
BOTH WILL ESCAPE"
­ Unknown

21. Photo credit:
JoePhilipson via Visualhunt.com / CC BY­NC­SA

22. SECRET
#6
"SOMEWHERE IN THIS SMALL WORLD, YOU CAN FIND
A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE APPRECIATES YOU
MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU DESERVE."
­ M.F. Moonzajer

23. Photo credit:
symphony of love via VisualHunt / CC BY

24. SECRET
#7
"A TEAM IS NOT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WORK TOGETHER.
A TEAM IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO TRUST EACH OTHER."
­ Simon Sinek

25. R E T R O S P E C T I V E P R I M E D I R E C T I V E
" R e g a r d l e s s o f w h a t w e
d i s c o v e r , w e u n d e r s t a n d
a n d t r u l y b e l i e v e t h a t
e v e r y o n e d i d t h e b e s t j o b
t h e y c o u l d , g i v e n w h a t t h e y
k n e w a t t h e t i m e , t h e i r
s k i l l s a n d a b i l i t i e s , t h e
r e s o u r c e s a v a i l a b l e , a n d
t h e s i t u a t i o n a t h a n d . "
Norm Kerth
http://www.retrospectives.com/pages/retroPrimeDirective.html

26. It's hard to run a good
retrospective.
That's why we asked 21 agile experts:
"What's the #1 thing you do to make your retrospectives successful?"
Download the free e-book
http://retrium.com/ebook/become-a-retrospective-rockstar
OR
https://goo.gl/EpYolq

27. Q&A
give me what you've got!