Agile Retrospectives for High Performing Teams
Derek Hubbard
Applied Information Sciences | www.appliedis.com
@derekhubbard | www.derekhubbard.com
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Retrospectives are planned events at the end of a period of work for a development team to reflect on methods, engineering practices, and teamwork and identify ways to be more effective.
Follow a Plan
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Timeboxed
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Safe Spaces
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Unique
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Retrospectives are not...
Blame Games
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Silver Bullet
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Post Mortem
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Performance Reviews
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Too often, teams say their retrospectives fail to provide any value.
Why?
Boring.
Lack of focus.
Repetitive, repetitive.
Lack of insightful feedback/thought.
Failure to follow up and implement changes.
How do we avoid this?
Setting the stage.
Gathering data.
Generating insights.
Deciding what to do.
Closing the retrospective.
Setting the Stage
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Gathering Data
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Generating Insights
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Deciding What To Do
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Closing the Retrospective
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How do effective retrospectives benefit the team?
Improved Productivity
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Improved Capability
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Improved Quality
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Increased Capacity
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What Would You Change?
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