A talk that covers diferent types of retrospectives and how to run effective ones focusing on tools and behaviours. This talk also looks at the use of metaphors to add a different dynamics to these sessions.

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Helen Meek
An experienced Agile Coach & Trainer
Helen.Meek@ripple-rock.com
@Helen_J_Meek

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Find someone near you, introduce yourself
and talk about why we retrospect.
Lets take a 1 minutes!

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An opportunity for teams or organisations to get together and
reflect on:
• What is going well?
• What is not going so well?
The outcome is a set of actions that the team can action upon.
Either in their control or outside.
Benefits from running regular retrospectives include:
• Increase productivity
• Improved capability
• Better quality
• Greater communication

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Tell me what retrospectives you run?

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There are different types of retrospectives you can run:
• Release
• Project
• Sprint
• Ad-hoc or event

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We can split retrospectives into categories:
• Broad

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• Deep Dive

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Typical format
• Ice breaker
• Review last actions
• Set the scene
• Generate Insight
• Organise Insight
• High level discussion
• Voting
• Detailed discussion
• Action Planning
• Consensus
• Close

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• Dot Voting – A classic!
• Finger of five
• 0 fingers (a fist): No way, terrible choice, I will not go along with it. A way to block consensus.
• 1 finger: I have serious reservations with this idea, but I vote to move forward, but I’d prefer to resolve the concerns before supporting it.
• 2 fingers: I have some concerns, but I’ll go along and try it.
• 3 fingers: I will support the idea.
• 4 fingers: I like this idea, sounds good.
• 5 fingers: Absolutely, best idea ever! I’ll champion it.
• Tribes
• Divide the dollar
• Planning poker voting

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Strong is the
force, within
young Jedi’s.
Conquer you
will!

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http://www.leancoffee
table.com/
http://www.scrumexp
ert.com/tools/free-
retrospective-tools-
for-distributed-scrum-
teams/

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But what about all the others potential actions??

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• Allow plenty of time
• Prepare, prepare, prepare!
• Invite everyone in the team, including the PO
• Be creative in generating insights from the team. Consider using music or props
• Keep your retrospectives fresh. Try not to do the same one all the time!
• Different teams will respond better to different types, so experiment

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What ideas have you had?
Turn to the person nearest
you and share the idea you
have just had.

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Website Links:
• Retro mat – Click here
• Fun Retrospectives – Click here
• Sky Coach – Click here
• My blog – Click here

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