Running a Retrospective by Erin Beierwaltes hosted by Conscires Agile Practices

1. Running a Retrospective Team Facilitation Audio for this conference is over the phone only. Call in info is at the bottom left. NOTE: Please remember to mute your phone if you are not talking. Thanks!

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9. How do we keep Scrum going? Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

10. Scrum Framework Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

11. Scrum Rituals Daily Scrum Meeting Sprint Planning Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective (Inspect and Adapt) Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

12. Basic Questions What worked well last Sprint that we should continue doing? What didn’t work well last Sprint that we should stop doing? What should we start doing? Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

13. Retrospective Guidelines After every sprint Whole team participation Time-boxed Formatted and Facilitated Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

14. Time to Inspect and Adapt State the Goal (General or Specific) Gather Data Discuss Data Action Plan Retro the Retro Close Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

15. ScrumMaster as Facilitator http://www.agileiq.org/ “Your team is only as strong as its quietest member” - Jean Tabaka, Rally Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

16. Retrospective Goal Commit to a set of achievable action items in the next sprint that will improve the way we work Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

17. RetrospectiveFlow Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

18. Gather Data (Sprint) Silent Brainstorming (w/ post its) Time boxed (15-30min) 3-4 categories Start, Stop, Continue, Shouts Strong, Weak, Improving http://www.selfishprogramming.com/2009/12/08/agile-winter-school/ Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

19. Gather Data (Release) Timeline-ing Time boxed Silent Brainstorming Draw out a release timeline (with sprints) Gives the team members 3 colors to make observations on Positive Negative Neutral Draw the “happiness curve” http://blog.jthawes.com/tag/graphical-facilitation/ Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

20. Discuss and Refine Time boxed Walk through each comment in the Data Gathering exercise Find common themes and categories Brainstorm actionable items for each categories http://fabiopereira.me/blog/tag/thoughtworks/ Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

21. Confirm Action Items Time boxed Voting Give everyone 5-10 dot stickers Ask them to spend their dots on their favorite actionable items http://www.innovationtools.com/Articles/ArticleDetails.asp?a=141 Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

22. Close Review most popular action items from voting Confirm team commitment on action items You may decide to only take the top 2-5 depending on your team size Remember to carry them over to Sprint Planning as Inputs Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

23. Retro the Retro (yes, I’m serious) Time boxed (fast) 0-4 scale 0 = The time spent in this retro was a loss of my time and I gained nothing (negative) 2 = I gained what I spent in time(neutral) 4 = The time I spent was more than worth what I got in return (awesome) If anything comes back 2 or lower, invite that person to comment. ScrumMaster should take the feedback and try to refine the approach for next sprint Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

24. How is your Retrospective going? Do you have action items? Is everyone engaged and giving ideas? How often does the team follow through on the action items? Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

25. Resources Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

26. Thanks! coachatplay@gmail.com #coachatplay Erin S Beierwaltes 4/12/2011

27. Upcoming Webinars April 30th Transitioning to Scrum Please let us know if there are other topics that interest you in the feedback form Register at: http://agile.conscires.com/event-calendar/ Erin Beierwaltes http://agile.conscires.com

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