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Build fun Agile retrospectives
- 1. Retrospect it! A simple recipe for building fun Agile retrospectives by Peti Morgan
- 2. A story about a moth
- 3. From the Agile manifesto: At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behaviour accordingly. “I like them because stuff changes afterwards” Barbara Gruber
- 4. Retrospective fatigue Have you noticed… people are unfocused there is a lack of buy in follow through is bad participation is poor the insights gained are not useful
- 5. Make it interesting Follow a simple recipe, flavour as needed OPEN IT ‘STORM IT FILTER IT ANALYSE IT (TO) DO IT CLOSE IT
- 6. Open it Goal: Get people involved and engaged in the first 5 minutes. Trigger memories about the sprint/cycle just been. Ways to do it: fist of five ESVP weather report quick question temp reading constellation three words
- 7. ‘storm it Goal: Gather data from team members, so that we can choose good topics to talk about. Ways to do it: stop start change mad sad glad the 4 Ls peaks & valleys draw a timeline hot air balloon speed boat
- 8. Filter it Goal: Identify the topics that the team would like to talk about. Ways to do it: dot vote plus minus voting round of applause vote with your feet circles in the soup
- 9. Analyse it Goal: Get to the root cause of the issue. Ways to do it: 5 whys lean coffee speed dating written brainstorming what would awesome look like? (And why aren’t we there yet
- 10. (To) do it Goal: write up 2 or 3 SMART, owned actions to be resolved in the next sprint/cycle. Ways to do it: by the team or verbatim.
- 11. Close it Goal: Sum up your actions, check for opportunities to improve your next retrospective. Ways to do it: however you opened the retrospective, close it that way too.
- 12. There, you’ve done it! How can a retrospective be boring with this recipe? OPEN IT ‘STORM IT FILTER IT ANALYSE IT (TO) DO IT CLOSE IT
- 13. Tips for facilitators Be neutral Keep to time Focus on what you can change One or two things at once Use sharpies Post actions close to your board, check regularly ‘Park it’ Stay in the background
- 14. Further resources Fun retrospectives: http://www.funretrospectives.com/ Tasty Cupcakes: http://tastycupcakes.org/?s=retrospectives&x=0&y=0 Retromat: http://plans-for-retrospectives.com/ Retrospective Wiki: http://retrospectivewiki.org/index.php?title=Retrospective_Plans Recommended books/purchases Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great by Esther Derby: http://www.amazon.com/Agile- Retrospectives-Making-Teams-Great/dp/0977616649 Retromat in print format: http://plans-for-retrospectives.com/print/index.html Retrospective Coaching Cards: http://www.amazon.com/Retrospective-Coaching-Cards-Geoff- Watts/dp/0957587473/ Agile Kaizen: Managing Continuous Improvement Far Beyond Retrospectives by by Angel Medinilla: http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Kaizen-Continuous-Improvement-Retrospectives/dp/364254990X/ Retrospect it! by Peti Morgan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Based on a work at https://medium.com/agile-software-development/retrospect-it-a-simple-recipe-for-building-fun-agile-retrospectives-144f4097a1d2.
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- moth manchester, before industrial revolution peppered moth - speckled with white, and black 100 years, turned black PROGRESS SLIDE why? pollution - birds moths with more black survived natural selection adapted to environment white moth ok elsewhere teams need to adapt to changing environment we must play mother nature, take care of natural selection not team members - but processes and behaviours! retrospectives
- from the agile manifesto timebox for our evolution in simpler words (Barbara) PROGRESS SLIDE nothing new, we know WHY
- but have you noticed… why is this happening? retros BORING PROGRESS SLIDE attention span? 5 minutes bullshit - 30 seconds brain autopilots - done before? autopilot won’t get good participation, insights, actions self perpetuating cycle good retros with zombies?
- make it interesting 6 distinct parts to a retro can flavour? PROGRESS SLIDE never facilitate or attend same retro again! going to walk through each step - goal, some suggestions (further resources)
- open it get them engaged - first 5 minutes think about the way they are contributing trigger memories PROGRESS SLIDE few ways: fist of five, line up, weather report. ESVP a good one explorer shopper vacationer prisoner explorer: keen, want to contribute to improving processes shopper: open to seeing what opportunities arise vacationer: pleased to be away from desk, maybe not contribute so much prisoner: here against will, don’t want to contribute explorers shoppers ideal vacationers prisoners, want to change prisoner - opportunity to leave, or share why many prisoners? focus retro on that some people change minds maybe 5 minutes, unless problem
- brainstorming writing on post its bit facts, data information 5 - 10 minutes, easy if memories triggered in opening can still do targeted - set theme PROGRESS SLIDE many many ways flavour with abandon
- filter it - so can focus PROGRESS SLIDE few minutes at most basic ingredient focus on what can change how else?
- now have popular topics, time to dig in get to the root cause, understand elements of why ask powerful questions PROGRESS SLIDE one person dominates conversation? losing valuable insights try written brainstorming to draw the quiet ones out or work in pairs
- Got good insights, now for action What elements make a good action? SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timely) PROGRESS SLIDE agreed on by team owned by a person
- good time to sum up opportunities to improve culture of honesty - if you didn’t enjoy it, OWN it PROGRESS SLIDE can close the same way you opened ESVP - where did you end up temp reading - has it changed? reaffirm the value of having the retro
- there’s the recipe opportunities to flavour, address problems, get people more engaged, KEEP IT INTERESTING It’s up to you
- PROGRESS SLIDE EACH PARA be neutral - external facilitator? timebox, but flexible within focus on what you CAN change one or two things at once sharpies, not biros actions visible and close to board, check often park divergent topics, or bleating what would you want your facilitator to know?