This document discusses retrospectives in Agile software development. It outlines the basic structure of retrospectives, including setting the stage, gathering data, generating insights, deciding what to do, and closing. It emphasizes the "prime directive" of understanding that everyone did their best given the circumstances. The document also presents various tools that can be used in retrospectives, such as timelines, silent retrospectives, and team radars. It concludes by advertising an upcoming Agile engineering conference and recommending a book on Agile retrospectives.

2. The State of Retrospectives
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4. Basic Retrospectives
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– What went well?
– What should change?
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5. Set the Stage
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6. Setting the Stage - 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
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7. Gather Data
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8. Generate Insights
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9. Decide What to Do
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10. Close
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11. Retrospective Structure
1. Set the Stage
2. Gather Data
3. Generate Insights
4. Decide What to Do
5. Close
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12. Draw me a Picture
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13. Timeline
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14. 5 Why’s?
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15. Silent Retrospective
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16. Team Radar
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19. Resources
Agile Retrospective:
Making Good Teams Great
By Esther Derby and Diana Larsen
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