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Retrospectives Gone BadA Totally Scientific Perspective
Mark Levison – Trying to be
Agile for over 20 years
https://agilepainrelief.com/
Yes we have a book –at least it’s free ☺Guide to Effective Retrospectives
https://agilepainrelief.com/guide-to-effective-agile-retrospectives
Ask questions in the chat as we go.
Totally Science Based
Data source #1: Twitter Survey
#Retrospectives gone bad - what are your top reasons?
Data source #2: LinkedIn Survey
What are your top reasons for #Bad #Failed Retrospectives
We need our own polls
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Data source #3: random comments from friends
• Not solving real root causes. Just swatting at flies each Sprint. – John Miller
• The Product Owner, Scrum Master, Team Lead or manager dictating the topics of discussion and the solutions. – Alan Daley
• Teams conclude they have no influence on (let alone direction for) continuous improvement… - Greg Tutunjian
• Lack of commitment, consequence, and follow-through – Joseph Pelrine
Your Retro Pain Points
The Epic 2 by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5384-the-epic-2-
• Flip screen to display
Top 10 Retrospective Sins
Based on Years of Experience
Boring, Repetitive
All Talk, No Action
Action
Wishful Thinking
• Aka: Vague Actions or Improvements
Failure to Review Past Improvements
Last Month’s Improvements
Heroes
Perennial Problems
Managers in the Room
Rushed Retro
The Dominator
Other Reasons?
• Share in the chat
The CureOr Improvements
Establish Simple Ground Rules with the Team
Respect self and others
Silence is okay
Parking Lot is our friend
Explain your reasoning and intent
Systemic Fixes over Quick Fixes
• Sailboat Retro picture
Switch it up
Concrete Actions
• Long term [Goal] now [Action]
[Reduce Average Cycle Time getting Development to “Done” sooner]
to a [Limit the Work in the “Development in Progress” column to 4 items at a time]
Grow Facilitation Skills
Decision Making
Protocols
Another Decision-Making Tool
Actions In Sprint
Ladder of Inference
Get Real Data
Morale is Data
Experiments Trump Actions
Review Your Experiments
No Magic
References
Retrospectives
• Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great by Diana Larsen and Esther Derby
• The Retrospective Handbook - A guide for agile teams by Patrick Kau
• FunRetrospectives: activities and ideas for making agile retrospectives more engaging by Taina Caetano and
Paulo Caroli
• Fifty Quick Ideas To Improve Your Retrospectives by Ben Williams and Tom Roden
• Retrospectives for everyone – Powerful metaphors for effective retrospectives by Madhavi Ledalla. Most
interesting and invigorating list of activities I’ve seen in a while.
More References
Facilitation
• Collaboration Explained: Facilitation Skills for Software Project Leaders by Jean Tabaka
• Facilitators Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner
• "The Ultimate Guide to Agile Retrospectives: Facilitating Open Discussion” by Retrium(online source)
Metrics
• Software Development Metrics by David Nicolette
• Actionable Agile Metrics by Daniel Vacanti
• When Will It be Done? by Daniel Vacanti
Yet more references
• Improvement Stories: https://innovel.net/improve-measurably-with-improvement-stories/
• A3 Experiment Template:https://www.agendashift.com/resources/experiment-a3
• World’s Largest Agile reference library: https://agilepainrelief.com/scrummaster-resources-and-references migrating to https://agilepainrelief.com/glossary
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