{"id":11,"date":"2011-06-26T13:31:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T11:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proessler.wordpress.com\/?p=11"},"modified":"2011-06-26T13:31:27","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T11:31:27","slug":"3-retrospectives-in-2-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peterroessler.de\/blog\/3-retrospectives-in-2-days\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Retrospectives in 2 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Last week I had retrospectives with three different agile teams within 2 days. I love retrospectives and a retrospective meeting is one of the first agile things I try to establish when I start working with a team. Every team needs to get used to the advantages of retrospectives though&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The agenda for retrospectives always includes the following <strong>4 questions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What went well since our last retrospective?<\/li>\n<li>How can we do better, how can we improve our process?<\/li>\n<li>Is there anything we CAN&#8217;T change by ourselves?<\/li>\n<li>What in detail will we change until the next retrospective?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Besides those questions I experienced that a <strong>warm-up at the beginning<\/strong> is more than helpful: Draw a timeline of the past sprint (or period of time concerned in the retrospective) on a flipchart. Ask the team &#8220;What has happened in the last weeks?&#8221; and then let the team put sticky notes with their answers on that timeline.<\/p>\n<p>The warm-up helps everyone to get their minds focused and it shows that everyone in the team can have a different view of the past couple of weeks.<br \/>\nIn addition:<br \/>\nFor teams that work with a Kanban system it is sometimes difficult to see what has been accomplished in the last weeks. This warm-up shows them that a lot of work <em>has <\/em>been finished.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you like to try out <strong>2 things I experienced as useful<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Have a short break after you have answered the first question<\/strong> (&#8220;What went well since our last retrospective?&#8221;): It could be a smoking break or as simple as just opening the windows to let in some fresh air for some minutes. The team (normally) has just mentioned a lot of positive things, so try to keep the good vibes for some moments! \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feel comfortable with the silence while the team is writing their sticky notes.<\/strong> Don&#8217;t hustle the team when the team seemingly is not writing anything more. Sometimes it only takes a couple of seconds and someone starts writing again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0977616649\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=321heinz-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=0977616649\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great&#8221; from Esther Derby and Diana Larsen<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" jnpzcivusxtiqlmglpyu jnpzcivusxtiqlmglpyu jnpzcivusxtiqlmglpyu jnpzcivusxtiqlmglpyu lhjobmuzpnrtotbnbrvw lhjobmuzpnrtotbnbrvw lhjobmuzpnrtotbnbrvw nizzomiabyqdbcsrrwtd\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0977616649&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> for different tools and recipes in retrospective meetings.<\/p>\n<p><em>In the next weeks I will try to write a post about how to get the results of retrospectives done.<\/em><br \/>\n[Update Sept. 07, 2011: Done. \ud83d\ude09 Please read <a href=\"http:\/\/proessler.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/06\/how-to-deal-with-results-from-an-agile-retrospective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Deal with Results from an Agile\u00a0Retrospective?<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I had retrospectives with three different agile teams within 2 days. I love retrospectives and a retrospective meeting is one of the first agile things I try to establish when I start working with a team. 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