how to jazz up your retros - agile ba meetup - melbourne - 08/04/14
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How to jazz up your Retros
Ryan McKergow
Twitter: @RMcKergow LinkedIn: RyanMcKergow
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Overview
• A quick intro to Retros
• How to run a:
1. Bad Retro – How can they go wrong
2. Good Retro - Areas to address in your Retros
3. Great Retro – New & disruptive Retro techniques
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A question for you…
Why do we even hold Retrospectives?
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“Agile Retrospectives are special
meetings where a team steps back,
examines the way they work, and
identifies ways they can improve.” Ester Derby
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How to run a bad Retro
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Unproductive!
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Same format, same issues!
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Blaming session!
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Don’t follow up actions!
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Issues with traditional Retrospective
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How to run a good Retro
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Be prepared
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Facilitated well
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Enforce appropriate behaviour
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Clear actions
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How to run a great Retro
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Appreciative Retrospective
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Instructions: • Start by providing another team member with positive feedback
– As a team, reflect on the past Iteration. What were the: • Strengths • Successes • Major events
– Discuss the reflections together – Repeat the process thinking about the next two Iterations – Discuss the reflections together – Work out an action plan to achieve the team’s future state
• Find out more about the Appreciative Retrospective here: http://retrospectivewiki.org/index.php?title=Appreciative_Retrospective
Appreciative Retrospective
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Emotional Timeline
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Instructions: • Draw a time line on a whiteboard • Ask the team to write down:
– Good events – Problematic events – Significant events
• Explain the events for context • Everyone plots how happy or sad they were throughout the timeline • Plot out the consensus line for the team • Discuss the findings and identify actions for improvement in the future • Find out more about the Emotional Timeline Retrospective here:
http://www.agileacademy.com.au/agile/sites/default/files/Timeline%20Retropectives%202011.pdf
Emotional Timeline
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The 4 L’s Retro
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Instructions: • Reflect on 4 different categories:
– Liked – Learned – Lacked – Longed for
• Write notes against each category • Split into 4 even teams • Each team goes through findings and presents to everyone • Discuss important topics with team • Agree on action items • Find out more about the 4 L's Retrospective here:
http://ebgconsulting.com/blog/the-4l%E2%80%99s-a-retrospective-technique/
The 4 L’s Retro
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Lean Coffee
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Instructions: • Ask everyone to raise 1-2 topics for discussion • Vote on the discussion items • Start discussion about the topic for 5 minutes • After 5 minutes, vote on whether to continue discussions • Throughout the discussions, identify actions to take away • Find out more about the Lean Coffee Retrospective here:
http://www.agilecafe.org/lean-coffee-retrospective/
Lean Coffee
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Jeopardy
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Instructions: • Draw a Jeopardy game board • Everyone writes a one word or short phrase answer • Think of the question to the answer. Don’t tell anyone. • The team guesses the question to the answer • Discuss where the questions are different to owner’s question • Agree on actions from the discussions • Find out more about the Jeopardy Retrospective here:
http://retrospectivewiki.org/index.php?title=Jeopardy_Retrospective
Jeopardy
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Speed boat
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Instructions: • Team draws:
– a Boat (Your team) – some Wind pushing the boat forward (Activities/behaviours/processes that could give the
team moment) – an Anchor holding the boat back (What is currently hold us back from achieving our goals) – an Iceberg in the distance (What is something that could really damage the team in the
future) • Team writes notes against the three elements impacting the boat • Read out notes to team • Group into themes (optional) • Discuss the findings • Identify actions from the notes • Find out more about the Speedboat Retrospective here:
http://innovationgames.com/speed-boat/
Speedboat
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Recap
How to run a:
1. Bad Retro – How can they go wrong
2. Good Retro - Areas to address in your Retros
3. Great Retro – New & disruptive Retro techniques
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• Twitter: @RMcKergow • LinkedIn: RyanMcKergow
Thank you!
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