bring your retrospectives to life

Bring your retrospective to life

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What & Why

“Agile Retrospectives are special meetings where a team steps back, examines the way they work and identifies ways they can improve.”– Esther Derby




Why change them?


STALE BORING




4Themes



Video game themed retrospective - Pitfall

• Released in 1982 by Activision for the Atari 2600.

• Over 4 million copies sold.

• Second best selling game for the Atari behind Pac Man!




How did it work and what did we learn?• Set the scene and ask

people to draw or add to the picture.

• Explain how the format will work.

• Discuss from scorpion to swinging through trees.

• People get involved early in retro.

• Good ice breaker.

• Changing the format changes the conversation.




Cricket themed retrospective

• What did we hit for 6?

• What bowled us out?

• What do we need to go to the third umpire for?

• Start by dividing the board in two with a cricket pitch in the middle.

• Get people to add to the picture.




Celebrating special occasions


Valentines Day• What do you love and

what don’t you love.

Christmas Tree• Team decorate the tree

and share only good things.



Futurespective

• Flip the conversation – where are we today and where do we want to go.• Great identifying themes and ideas for a roadmap.• Tip – give plenty of notice before the session to allow people to bring

ideas.





One Word• Check-in activity to see

how people are feeling.

• Get everyone to say at least one word.

• Link to Team Mood.




What animal are you?

• A quick game to start a retrospective.

• Draw an animal to describe how you felt this sprint.

• Share your animal (gets everybody involved).




Finish on a high

• Feedback and recognition to a team mate for a job well done.

• It’s not actually about winning a trophy.



Be comfortable being uncomfortable.

• Retros are about all improvement so it’s a safe place to be bold and experiment with new ideas.

• Get people involved and change the conversation.

• Make it more than just a team meeting.• Have fun.




Thanks!




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