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Agile Retrospectives : 5 Golden Rules Luke Brabin & Juan Pozo
Agile Retro. What’s that?
A special meeting at the end of a period of work where the team steps back and:
• Examines the way they work • Analyse and identify ways to improve
Is your retro a waste of time?
Lack of... • Focus • Participation • Insight • Buy-in from the team / manager • Following through on actions
...why should you really care?
• Continuous team improvement! • Over time, they help good teams become great teams.
The 5 Golden Rules
• Set the stage • Gather data • Generate insights • Decide what to do • Close the retrospective
1) Set The Stage
• Establish peoples focus / topic for this retro • Communicate the plan for the meeting • Get everyone involved and ready • Remove other concerns and distractions
1) Set The Stage - Technique
2) Gather Data
• Data is relevant to the FOCUS set on the STAGE • Collate both objective and subjective experiences • Get the facts out and visible, e.g. Whiteboard • Both positive and negative outcomes
2) Gather Data - Technique
Creative data categorising technique - Top Gear style
‘Cool Wall’.
3) Generate Insight
• Discuss why the team needs to improve within established facts • Understand influences and root causes • Identify patterns or toxic practices • Share awareness of problems
3) Generate Insight - Technique
Insights written on board next to data
4) Decide what to do
• Transfer discussion to solution focused action • Agree one or two actions or experiments to fix an agreed problem • Team commitment to shared actions • Target realistic and tangible outcomes with energy
5) Close the retrospective
• Re-iterate outcomes • Confirm communication of actions (add to sprint board) • Identify ways to make next retro better
Retro actions clearly visible on sprint
board
Remember...be creative! Thanks (:
Retrospective – 5 Golden Rules