Retro the Retro

1. July 12 2016

2. WHAT IS THE VALUE?
Discussion at your table - What is the value of a
retrospective?
 What are some of the outcomes?
 What do the interactions look like?

3. RETROSPECTIVE
Oxford: (adj) Looking back on or dealing with past
events or situations
Dictionary.com: (adj) Directed to the past;
contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
ScrumGuide: An opportunity for the Scrum Team
to inspect itself and create a plan for
improvements to be enacted during the next
Sprint.
“Retrospectives help teams – even great ones
– keep improving” – Derby & Larson

4. THE PURPOSE
ScrumGuide – 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
 Create a plan for implementing improvements to the
way the Scrum Team does its work

5. QUESTION?
If you are participating in retrospectives today, are
you meeting this definition?
Are you meeting the purpose?
If you’re not currently doing retrospectives, how
might an activity like this help you and your team?
Your personal relationships?
Who wants to share?

6. LET’S DISCUSS
Not all retrospectives go well…
What must exist with team/groups for a
retrospective to be hugely valuable?
1. Discuss at your table
2. Write down your top 3 things on stickies
3. Bring them up to the board when done
4. We’ll use a 7 minute timebox

7. SOME THINGS TO
CONSIDER
Retrospectives are hugely valuable to a team
achieving high performance
They must be planned
The team must all participate by gathering data
and sharing what they felt, observed, heard during
the sprint
Trust must exist within a team where difficult
topics and challenging conversations can happen
Without this, how can a team improve?

8. SOME TECHNIQUES
There are a number of different techniques and
ways to conduct a retrospective
Each technique may address slightly different
issues but all should be in the name of
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

9. 4 QUADRANTS

10. START/STOP/CONTINUE

11. SPEEDBOAT

12. OPEN THE BOX

13. MAD/SAD/GLAD

14. FIVE WHY’S – ROOT CAUSE
ANALYSIS

15. LET’S TRY ONE
Holding two retrospectives
1. Retro this session
2. Retro the retrospectives that you are participating
in
15 mins for each

16. DISCUSS
In Retro #1, what was found?
In Retro #2, any common themes?