pre mortem retrospectives
DESCRIPTION
Pre Mortem Retrospectives are a powerful way to prevent project failures before they occur. Resting on the standard Agile Retrospective format you flash-forward to a date after the scheduled release date and assume that the project has failed miserablyTRANSCRIPT
Pre-MortemRetrospectives
G.Mazzanti
@mgaewsj
catch ‘failure’before it occurs
circumvent any need for a painful postmortem
“You’ve seen your own future, which means you can change it if you want to.”Chief John Anderton, Minority Report
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Gary Klein,“Performing a Project Premortem”, 2007, HBR
agile retrospective
a special meeting held
throughout a project
where a team inspect and review
events, methods and teamwork
and immediately learn and adapt
agile retrospective
a special meeting held
throughout a project
where a team inspect and review
events, methods and teamwork
and immediately learn and adapt
premortem
before
prevent
anticipate p
Retrospective Structure
Set the Stage
Gather Info
Generate Insights
Decide Actions
Close
time-travel to a date after the scheduled release date
assume that the project has failed miserably
welcomestate purpose
everybody speaksoutline approach
5’
team identify key events & feelingsgood, bad and neutral (but relevant)
who what whenfacts
feelings
mar
apr
may
jun
jul
aug
sep
oct
10’
team identify key eventsgood, bad and neutral (but relevant)
10’
what didn’t workwhat worked well
whycauses & effects
then each person writes 4* sticky notes
(2 for what worked well
and 2 for what didn’t work)
*choose what suit best
25’
silent grouping
items are grouped silently by the team
each group is then given a name
one or two groups are selected for action
25’
generate quick ideas
what
25’
howwho & when
pick 2 or 3 actions (dot vote),
elaborate
two dots per persontop prioritysecond choice
15’ 15’
pick 2 or 3 actions (dot vote)
two dots per persontop prioritysecond choice
15’ 15’
put actions on a task board, be sure there is commitment and energy to
achieve goals to do in progress done
15’ 15’
5’
ROTI Return On Time Invested
Take Visual Records
Plan for Follow-Up
Appreciation for everyone
time-travel to a date after the scheduled release date
assume that the project has been a huge success
variant
see also Tim Mackinnonhttp://www.planningcards.com/iterex/papers/Futurespectives.pdf
