FUN RETROSPECTIVES!
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INTRODUCTION
• A Father
• A Loving & a Caring Husband “hopefully”
• Sr. Scrum Master / Agile Coach @ Wipro
• Co-founder of APGI - Agile Practioners’ Group
of India
• An Enthusiast Agile Blogger
(www.agileamigo.com)
• A Volunteer with Scrum Alliance
• A Theatre Enthusiast
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Snow Storm
Elementary meetings!
• Bringing people together
• Instant recognition
• Enjoy
• Display appropriate behaviour
• Powerful
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Retrospectives- Definition & Purpose
The Sprint Retrospective is an opportunity for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a
plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint.
• 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
“…special meetings that take place at the end of a period of work—usually an iteration or software release” – Esther Derby
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An Anatomy of a Retrospective
• Set the Stage (approx 10 mins)
(Establish Focus, Share the plan, working agreements etc.)
• Gather Data (approx 20 mins)
(Create a pool of data, talk facts, and revisit the objectives)
• Generate Insights (approx 15 mins)
(Determine the root cause, observe patterns and build awareness)
• Decide What to do (approx 10 mins)
(Discuss around the actions, focus on 1 or 2 actions)
• Close the Retrospective (5 mins)
(Re-iterate all the actions, appreciate contributions and retro the retro.)
Different Recipes of the Same Dish!
Glad Mad & Sad
The Starfish
The Flying Kite
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The Elephant and The Mouse
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The Sailing Boat
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That Guy – This Guy
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Let’s Retrospect – Agile Cambridge 2018!
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After all…..
Retrospectives are aimed at:
• Inspect and adapt
• Continuously improve
• Think creative
• Keep teams happy & motivated
& remember:
“We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing”
(Quote courtesy: Ducan C & John C)
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References & Credits
• Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great (Derby and Larsen)
• Retrospective images courtesy: Deepika B- Wipro Technologies
• Title and other images courtesy: Dhruv
• Inspired by Belinda Waldock’s Retrospective workshop
• http://www.funretrospectives.com
• Scrumalliance.org/blogs
• Snow Storm - Eric de Groot - https://tedx.frl/
• https://www.slideshare.net/chris_smith1976/the-art-of-the-retrospective/5
• https://www.dreamstime.com/namaste-vector-hand-drawn-symbol-yoga-design-
image112101574
• My all time motivation – Pooja
Thank You!
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