Agile Retrospectives

Agile Principles

• “ At regular intervals, the team reflects on howto become more effective, then tunes and adjusts

its behavior accordingly. ”

What’s an Agile retrospective?

What’s an Agile retrospective?

The Agile Retrospective is a• time of reflection

• where You talk about what went well and what did not go well

• where You wonder what could be improved

Thee basic questions in Agile Retrospective:• What did we do well?

• What did we do wrong?

• What could be improved?

Retrospective Prime Directive

Retro’s structure

Setting the stage

• One word check in

• Picture the mood

• ESVP (Explore, Shopper, Vacationer, Prisoner)

• Team happiness rating

• Constellation

Gathering Data

• Plus/Minus

• Story Line

• Mad, Sad, Glad

• Metaphors ( the balloon, the boat)

Plus/Minus

Story(Mood) Line

Mad, Sad, Glad

Other metaphors

Generate insights

• Group the ideas and check for patterns

• Get to the root cause - > the 5 why’s

• Use voting techniques in order to prioritise ( dot voting)

Decide what to do

• Brainstorming

• SMART Actions

• What, Who, When?

Closing

• Short Recap

• Appreciations

• Opinions about retrospective -> Feedback Door

• Publish the retro

Tips & Tricks

• Informal retrospectives (during lunch/after work etc) -> great for bonding

• http://www.plans-for-retrospectives.com/ -> Retrospective generator, great for trying out new ideas

• https://www.crisp.se/gratis-material-och-guider/scrum-checklist -> Scrum checklist, a great tool to assess the team’s Scrum maturity

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishbowl_(conversation) -> Fishbowl

References

• http://lmsgoncalves.com/2013/01/23/constellation-a-good-exercise-to-set-the-stage-in-the-retrospective/

• http://www.boostagile.com/the-five-stage-retrospective-a-guide-for-scrum-masters/

• http://www.benlinders.com/2013/whats-an-agile-retrospective-and-why-would-you-do-it/

• http://www.watermarklearning.com/blog/agile-retrospectives-5-steps/

• https://hakanforss.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/agile-lego-toyota-kata-an-alternative-to-retrospectives/

• Flavius Stef’s course about Advanced Scrum Master skills