Scrum Sprint Cycle can be viewed as set of several PDCA cycles, one of witch is the Retrospective. Explaining the why's and how's of the retrospectives will lead us to more effective continuous improvement cycles. ------------------- About Inês Santos Inês Santos is currently the Agile Coach of Farfetch Mobile and Core Clusters. In the past 5 years she has only worked with agile methodologies using different approaches and learning not only from what she reads, but also from what the teams have taught her. She is CSM certified and an Agile & Scrum enthusiast who loves to discuss agile software development and improvements to the team daily work. She has a passion on retrospectives.

1. Retrospectives
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Inês Santos – Agile Coach

2. How do you feel?

3. Me, Myself & I
1995-2000
2000-2006
2007-2009
2009-2015
2016-now

4. “It is not enough to do your best;
you must know what to do,
and then do your best.”
W. Edwards Deming

5. William Edwards Deming was an American
engineer, statistician, professor, author, lecturer,
and management consultant.
Born: October 14, 1900
Died: December 20, 1993

6. PDCA
The PDCA Cycle is a systematic series of steps,
for gaining valuable learning and knowledge,
for the continual improvement of a product or
process.

7. PDCA
PLAN D C A
0 identifying a goal or purpose,
0 formulating a theory,
0 defining success metrics, and
0 set up a plan.

8. PDCA
P DO C A
0 in which the components of the plan are implemented,
0 such as making a product.

9. PDCA
P D CHECK A
0 the Study step,
0 where outcomes are monitored to test the validity of
the plan for signs of progress and success, or
problems and areas for improvement

10. PDCA
P D C ACT
0 closes the cycle,
0 integrating the learning generated by the entire
process,
0 which can be used to adjust the goal, change methods
or even reformulate a theory altogether.

11. PDCA
Do
CheckAct
Plan

12. Scrum

13. Scrum Pillars
INSPECT ADAPT

14. Scrum Pillars
Do
CheckAct
Plan

15. Scrum as a PDCA cycle

16. Scrum as a PDCA cycle
Do
CheckAct
Plan

17. Scrum as a PDCA cycle
Do
CheckAct
Plan

18. Scrum as a PDCA cycle
Do
CheckAct
Plan

19. Scrum as a PDCA cycle
Do
CheckAct
Plan

20. Scrum as a PDCA cycle
Do
CheckAct
Plan

21. Retrospectives as agile foundation
0 Core of any successful Agile environment
0 “…team reflects on how to become more effective.”
0 A method of learning through your mistakes

22. Place retrospectives on the central stage

23. Place retrospectives in the main stage
0 Motivate the team to participate
0 Plan the agile retrospective
0 Make the retrospective a safe place to express issues
0 Apply different feedback techniques

24. Retrospective Structure

25. Set the Stage
Help people focus on the work at hand.
Includes:
0 Simple welcome
0 Restate purpose of retrospective
0 Remember session timeframe

27. Gather Data
Create a shared memory;
Highlight pertinent information about the
problem, both facts and feelings.

29. Generate Insights
Asking why,
(examine conditions, interactions and patterns)
and begin to think what to do differently.

31. Decide What to Do
Generate and prioritize valuable,
clear improvement actions

33. Close the Retrospective
Retrospective on the retrospective

35. Debrief
0 Agile retrospective is a powerful and useful tool
0 Clearly identify good practices and rejoice
0 Go deep to the issues root
0 Brainstorm and decide on improvement actions
0 Plan, Do, Check, Act

36. Thank You!

37. Was it worth?