7. Stand-ups are a mechanism to regularly
synchronise so that teams…
• share understanding of goals
• coordinate efforts
• share problems and improvements
• identify as a team
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martinfowler.com/articles/itsNotJustStandingUp.html
16. Think about your update in advance
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Preparation
Don't talk about ALL the thingsPrioritisation
Talk to the team, not to the leaderPeople
Raise issues and help each otherProblems
The 4 P’s of effective stands-ups
21. At regular intervals, the team reflects on
how to become more effective, then tunes
and adjusts its behavior accordingly
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agilemanifesto.org/principles.html
27. The 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
-- Norm Kerth
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29. @ewebber
PhotobyThomasHawk
Are they varied,
interesting and useful?
• are they right for the situation
• do you change them often enough?
• do you vary when they happen?
• do they have positive as well as
negative points?
• do you ask if they are working?
30. @ewebber
Photobygomagoti
Are the right people in
the room?
• is the group small enough to
make decisions
• are the right people in the
room to make decisions
32. What will you change
about your stand and
retrospectives?
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33. Further reading
Retromat plans-for-retrospectives.com/index.html
Retrospective wiki retrospectivewiki.org
Agile Retrospectives Making good teams great Diana Larsen and Esther Derby
Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives Luis Gonçalves and Ben Linders
Fun Retrospectives Taina Caetano, Paulo Caroli and Glauber Ramos
Fifty Quick Ideas To Improve Your Retrospectives Ben Williams and Tom Roden
The Retrospective Handbook Patrick Kua
Agile Retrospective Kickstarter Alexey Krivitsky
Retrospectives for Organizational Change Jutta Eckstein
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