Agile retros
- 1. Agile Retrospectives : 5 Golden Rules Luke Brabin & Juan Pozo
- 2. 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
- 3. Is your retro a waste of time? Lack of... • Focus • Participation • Insight • Buy-in from the team / manager • Following through on actions
- 4. ...why should you really care? • Continuous team improvement! • Over time, they help good teams become great teams.
- 5. The 5 Golden Rules • Set the stage • Gather data • Generate insights • Decide what to do • Close the retrospective
- 6. 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
- 7. 1) Set The Stage - Technique
- 8. 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
- 9. 2) Gather Data - Technique Creative data categorising technique - Top Gear style ‘Cool Wall’.
- 10. 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
- 11. 3) Generate Insight - Technique Insights written on board next to data
- 12. 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
- 13. 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
- 14. Remember...be creative! Thanks (: Retrospective – 5 Golden Rules