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Retrospectives: “You’re Doing It WRONG!”

APLN Chicago

Agenda

• Networking & Pizza 6:00 – 6:30

• Introduction 6:30 – 6:40

• A Word from our Sponsor 6:40 – 6:45

• Main Topic 6:45 – 8:15

– Sprint Retrospectives / Open Space

• Final Announcements 8:15 – 8:30

• www.aplnchicago.org

• www.meetup.com/APLN-Chicago/

• APLN Chicago Board – Lance Welter (president@aplnchicago.org)

– Michael Marchi (vp@aplnchicago.org)

– Dave Babicz (treasurer@aplnchicago.org)

– Steve Young (secretary@aplnchicago.org)

Our Mission

• We are building a new community of Agile professionals in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago, focused on learning, innovation, and thought leadership.

• Our mission is for this community to shape the direction that Agile will take in Chicago for the next decade.

Sponsors

AIM Consulting Group, LLC

• Room & Food

Endorsements

• APLN Chicago has been endorsed as an official SCRUM USER GROUP® by the SCRUM ALLIANCE®.

• Attendance to each APLN Chicago meetup will now allow you to earn 2 Scrum Education Units (SEUs)

SCRUM ALLIANCE®, SCRUM USER GROUP®, and the corresponding logos are service marks of Scrum Alliance, Inc., and are used with permission.

RETROSPECTIVES: “YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!”

Guest Speaker: Steve Young / Open Space Discussion

Copyright © 2015, Michael Marchi - All rights reserved

Retrospectives

Issue

Teams and Organizations don’t get sufficient value out of Retrospectives

Hypothesis

If

There is little or no value coming from a Sprint Retrospective

Then

YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG!

What is the purpose of a Retrospective?

From the latest Scrum Guide:

The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to:

• Inspect how the last Sprint went with regards to people, relationships, process, and tools;

• Identify and order the major items that went well and potential improvements; and,

• Create a plan for implementing improvements to the way the Scrum Team does its work.

Steve’s Retrospective Flow

• Review – Evaluate changes made in previous Sprint

– Use empirical evidence to evaluate the Sprint

• Reflect – Use emotional experience to evaluate the Sprint

– What did we learn from the sprint

• Revise – Use what you’ve learned from

Revise & Reflect to determine what to change

Review

• Changes

– Did we get the expected results? or not? Why not?

– Do they need to be adjusted?

– Where there any side effects?

• Empirical Analysis

– Data

– Plan vs Actual

– Metrics

– Ask Why?

Reflection

• How did I feel about…

– What went well?

– What could have been better?

– What should we do differently?

Happy – Sad

Make it Personal

Grids

Grid Analysis

Start – Stop – More – Less – Keep

Sail Boat

• Sail

• Rudder

• Anchor

• Rocks

• Sea

Dragster

• Engine

• Parachute

• Driver

• Wing

Amoeba / Cell

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

• Cell Membrane

• Viruses

• Bacteria

What are Your Favorites?

What did we learn?

• Collect during the earlier discussions

– Ask “What did we learn from that?”

• Expand on the topics

• Q & A

Revise

• Collect during the earlier discussions

• Prioritize

• Top 2 or 3

• Make Stories

• Find a Champion

• Follow-up

• Remind team during sprint

Resources

• http://tastycupcakes.org

• http://retrospectivewiki.org

• http://www.ideaboardz.com

OPEN SPACE TECHNOLOGY

A tool that allows people to gather, exchange ideas, learn and contribute in a self-organizing way…

Open Space

Four Principles • Whoever comes is the right people • Whatever happens is the only thing that could have • Whenever it starts is the right time • When it’s over, it’s over

One Law • The Law of Two Feet Two Species • Bumblebees • Butterflies

Open Space

Open Space Technology works best when these conditions are present:

• Complex Issue, such that no single person or small group fully understands or can solve the issue

• Diversity, in terms of the skills and people required for a successful resolution

• Passion or Potential for Conflict

• Sense of Urgency

Open Space Steps

• Gather Topics – any topic related to Agile

• Voting – choose which topics to discuss

• Staging – identify leaders and locations

• Discussion – Discuss/Observer/Walk/Pollinate

• Summarize – Share Outcome – Identify Action Items

• Repeat as Necessary

Open Space - Topics

ANNOUNCEMENTS Aren’t you glad you stuck around?

Next Month:

• November 12, 2015

• Culture Eats Agile for Breakfast

– Chris Daily & Tana Linback

www.aplnchicago.org

– Meets the (hopefully) here

www.meetup.com/The-Chicago-Agile-Methodology-Group/

– Meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at Catalyst Ranch (downtown)