etrospectives… ccidentally a silent retrospective workshop presented by David J Bland 2011
Oct 31, 2014
Retrospectives…accidentally
a silent retrospective
workshoppresented by David J Bland
2011
about meintroduced to agile in 2002
currently on startup #3
passionate about failing fast
speaker / writer / coach
whyretrospectives?
arguably the single most important aspect of your
agile philosophy
crucial forinspecting
&adapting
whysilent work?
we often talkpast one another
“the single biggest problem in
communication is the illusion that it
has taken place”
-George Bernard Shaw
we fall into the
3 column trap
stop / start / keepkeep / drop / addmad / sad / glad
same as / more of / less of
writing uncoversquiet brilliance
let’s begin
how many of you have facilitateda retrospective?
( show of hands )
how happy were you with your
last retrospective?fist = unhappy
five = very happy
( fist to five - temperature reading )
with regards to pastretrospectives…
write what has workedwell on the green post-its
write what has not workedwell on the red post-its
( silent writing - gathering data )
as a group, place all of the post-its on your designated wall
as a group, organize your post-its into similar clusters
draw a circle aroundeach cluster and label it
( affinity sorting - generating insights )
each of you have 3 orange dot stickers
stick them next to the label(s)
for which you’d like to explore deeper
( dot voting )
write the label with the
most dots in the centerof your 2nd sheet
of wall paper
draw a circlearound
your label
as a group,draw a mind map
representing ways youcan use this label in
your next retrospective
( silent mind mapping )
show & tell
questions
Return On Time Invested
(ROTI) Exercise
each of you have 1 red dot sticker
at your chair
place it on theROTI graph before
you leave this evening
( closing the retrospective )
theend
presented by David J Bland
2011
creditsLyssa Adkins:
Coaching Agile Teams
Esther Derby & Diana Larsen:Agile Retrospectives – Making Good Teams Great
Jean Tabaka:Collaboration Explained
Rachel Davies & Liz Sedley:Agile Coaching
bonus
silent workit isn’t
just aboutretrospectives…
CollaborativeWriting
Tobias Mayerhttp://businesscraftsmanship.com/
CollaborativeDesign
Jeff Pattonhttp://www.agileproductdesign.com/
thank you!
@davidjbland