Your
Retrospective
Sucks!
...and what you can do about it
(Marc Löffler, @marcloeffler)
What do you
expect to take
home from this
session?
Retrospectives
Suck!
• Talking about the same things again and again

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• Repetition

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Repetition
• No effect

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No effect
Elements
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First Element:

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Second element:
More Fun
Third element:
System Thinking
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Hypothesis

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Alternative
phase model
More Fun
Retrospective Cookies

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• Cookie Rezept

150 g
50 g
1 Prise
3 große
250 g
100 g
3 Tr.

Wheat flour
Almond, kibbled
Salt
Eggs, only the egg white
Sugar
Butter, soft
Bitter almond oil
Change
the
location
The power of metaphors
Benefits of using metaphors
• Thinking outside
of the box
• New, creative
ideas
• „Distance“ to
real events
• Fun!
Soccer Retrospective

http://www.flickr.com/photos/manusascorner/9479514795
What
soccer
terms come
into your
mind?
Imagine your
last sprint
was a
soccer
game of 90
minutes
Next steps…
• Game
Analysis
• Prepare for
the next
game
Pirate Retrospective

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joriel/3230590513
Pirate
Saber
Corsair
Treasure
Map
Eye patch
Treasure
Island
• To board
• Jolly Roger
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Preparation

Combat
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Navigation

Loot
Arming

Supplies

Ship

Enemy

Personell

Captain
Preparation

Combat

Navigation

Loot
System Thinking
Make them aware
of the system they
are in!
Systems thinking is the
process of
understanding how
things, regarded as
systems, influence one
another within a whole.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_thinking)
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Causal Loop Diagrams (CLD)
• Velocity Beispiel
Current Reality Tree (CRT)

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The

ABIDE
Model
Attractors
Barriers
Identity
Diversity
Environment
Purpose

Fun

System Thinking
What about
your
hypotheses?
Questions?
Contact data

Marc Löffler
Email: marc.loeffler@spoonique.de
Web: http://www.scrumphony.com
Twitter: @marcloeffler

Your retrospective suck!