renovate your retrospective - adam england - kcdc 2015
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Renovate Your
Retrospectives
Adam England @adamnengland
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About Me
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About You
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Are Retrospectives Worth Doing?
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5 problems to watch for
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1. Failing to meet retrospective goals.
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Solution #1
Accountability
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Discuss Goals at Every Standup
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Assign an owner to every goal
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Apply SMART criteria when choosing goals.
Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time-bound
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Solution #2
Reconsider your sprint commitment
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Solution #3
1 Retro = 1 Goal
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Solution #4
Do it more.
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1. Failing to meet retrospective goals.
2. Retrospectives take way too long.
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Solution #1
Preparation is Key
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Solution #2
Choose one topic for a deep-dive
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1. Failing to meet retrospective goals.
2. Retrospectives take way too long.
3. Being too nice.
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You can’t make everyone happy in every retro
All the topics we could discuss
The topics we have time for
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Solution #1
Democratize
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Limit observations to 3 stickies?
Dot vote to narrow down topics?
Parking lot for topics that only have 1 mention?
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1. Failing to meet retrospective goals.
2. Retrospectives take way too long.
3. Being too nice. 4. Missing the forest
for the trees.
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Look at your metrics
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Look at trends, not numbers
What have you done for me lately?
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1. Failing to meet retrospective goals.
2. Retrospectives take way too long.
3. Being too nice. 4. Missing the forest for the
trees. 5. I’m Bored.
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Changing Retrospective Plans may not be enough
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Solution #1
Sprint OneGeneral Sprint Retro
Sprint TwoDeep Dive - Single Issue Retro
Sprint Three General Sprint Retro
Sprint Four Quarterly Goal review Retro
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Solution #2
New Blood
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1. Failing to meet retrospective goals.
2. Retrospectives take way too long.
3. Being too nice. 4. Missing the forest for the
trees. 5. Boredom 6. Not asking team for
feedback
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1. Failing to meet retrospective goals.
2. Retrospectives take way too long.
3. Being too nice. 4. Missing the forest for the
trees. 5. Boredom 6. Not asking team for feedback
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@adamnengland
adamnengland.com
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Questions?