Tools and techniques for better agile retrospectives.

1. Agile
Retrospectives
Lana Kolupaeva, 2015

2. HOW TO DEBRIEF
ABSOLUTELY ANYTING
ANYWHERE WITH ANYONE
preface

3. to get to the… ask questions about…
objective level facts and external reality
reflective level internal reaction, feelings, associations
interpretive level meaning, values, significance, implications
decisional level lesson learned, resolutions about the future

4. THE LIFECYCLE
part one

6. 1. SET THE STAGE

7. 2. GATHER DATA

8. 3. GENERATE INSIGHTS

9. 4. DECIDE WHAT TO DO

10. 5. CLOSE

12. PLANNING A RETRO

13. set the stage 5 % 5 min
gather data 30 – 50 % 40 min
generate insights 20 – 30 % 25 min
decide what to do 15 – 20 % 20 min
close 15% 15 min
(shuffle time) 10 – 15% 15 min
total 100% 120 min

14. where’s your team at?

15. what do you want from it?

16. what’s in your toolbox?

17. YOUR TOOLBOX
part two

18. ARRIVING

19. 1. one word check-in

20. 2. if I were a car…

21. WHERE THE TEAM IS AT

22. 3. esvp

24. 4. satisfaction histogram

27. 5. constellation

29. RETRO ON THE CHEAP

30. 6. starfish

32. 7. learning matrix

34. 8 . mad / sad / glad

36. 9. metaphor

40. LOOKING BACK AT A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME

41. 10. timeline

43. DIGGING DEEPER

44. 11. five whys

46. 12. fishbone

48. 13. force field analysis

50. DECIDING WHAT TO DO

51. 14. voting with dots

52. 15. firm

54. CLOSING

55. 16. retro on retro

56. 17. roti

57. 18. appreciations

58. RESOURCES