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Retrospectives Gone BadA Totally Scientific Perspective
Mark Levison – Trying to be
Agile for over 20 years
https://agilepainrelief.com/
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Yes we have a book –at least it’s free ☺Guide to Effective Retrospectives
https://agilepainrelief.com/guide-to-effective-agile-retrospectives
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Ask questions in the chat as we go.
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Totally Science Based
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Data source #1: Twitter Survey
#Retrospectives gone bad - what are your top reasons?
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Data source #2: LinkedIn Survey
What are your top reasons for #Bad #Failed Retrospectives
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We need our own polls
• Join at www.menti.com 2026 3287
• Please ignore menti Q&A function I will only see Zoom
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Mentimeter - Interactive Presentations
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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
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Your Retro Pain Points
The Epic 2 by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5384-the-epic-2-
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• Flip screen to display
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Top 10 Retrospective Sins
Based on Years of Experience
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Boring, Repetitive
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All Talk, No Action
Action
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Wishful Thinking
• Aka: Vague Actions or Improvements
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Failure to Review Past Improvements
Last Month’s Improvements
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Heroes
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Perennial Problems
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Managers in the Room
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Rushed Retro
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The Dominator
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Other Reasons?
• Share in the chat
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The CureOr Improvements
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Establish Simple Ground Rules with the Team
Respect self and others
Silence is okay
Parking Lot is our friend
Explain your reasoning and intent
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Systemic Fixes over Quick Fixes
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• Sailboat Retro picture
Switch it up
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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]
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Grow Facilitation Skills
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Decision Making
Protocols
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Another Decision-Making Tool
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Actions In Sprint
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Ladder of Inference
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Get Real Data
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Morale is Data
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Experiments Trump Actions
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Review Your Experiments
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No Magic
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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.
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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
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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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