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Retrospectives

At regular intervals, the team meets to discuss

  • What's working well
  • What's working poorly
  • What processes should we try next?
  • Appreciations for teammates
  • Any last thoughts?

Retrospectives are...

  • facilitated by a coach or other team member
    • not by a manager or tech lead
  • driven by the attendees in the moment
    • not by an agenda agreed upon beforehand
  • focused on the process in general, or on a specific crisis or problem that happened recently
    • not a status meeting
    • not for management to make announcements or impose a new rule
    • not to discuss features or planning (though it might spawn other meetings about these items)

Retrospective Attitude

  • keep an open mind
  • be respectful
  • listen more than you speak

The Bible

Agile Retrospectives book cover

https://www.amazon.com/Agile-Retrospectives-Making-Teams-Great/dp/0977616649

Retro Schedule

  • Setting the stage
  • Gathering data
  • Discover insights
  • Decide what to do
  • Close the retro

Retro Games

  • happy - sad - curious
  • cluster and dot-vote
  • fishbowl
  • timeline

  • ...and many more