AGILE RETROSPECTIVES

Agile retrospectives are meetings which come up at the end of the sprint to evaluate the scrum team’s activities and flaws. Such assessment or “lesson learned session” creates the opportunity for team members to pinpoint their successes and work on their shortfalls.

What is the Purpose of Retrospectives?

ARE HERE TO SAVE THE DAY

Set the stage Gather dataGenerate insights

Decide what to do Closing

KEY STAGES OF THE AGILE RETROSPECTIVE

What did we do well as a team?1What did we learn?2What mistakes could we have avoided?3What can we improve on in the future?4What are the new action items?5

Neglect of processes

Poor code development

Absence of quality assurance testing

Encourage honest criticism and openness

Recharge team members’ energy

Enable the implementation of new processes comprising

better code review standards and clearer deployments

Allow the birth of new processes

Bring about higher customer value

Produce feeling of team empowerment

Create room to express frustrations

and grievances

Present a platform for interaction with

management

Be neutral Review previous action items

Delegate action items

Pay attentionto key issues

Present frommultiple perspectives

Stay positive Encourage participationand feedback

Accept everymember’s view

Promote clearcommunication

Every project manager, scrum master in this case, should know how to set the tone of the meetings. It’s up to you to encourage your members to express their sincere opinions of the team’s performance so far.

Additionally, a retrospective without follow-up is impractical. For this reason, take it upon yourself to act on the action items. Filter them until you find the good processes which will produce lasting

impacts on the team, while also shirking items that won’t bring about positive results.

When team members view retrospectives as fun activities that can make a team more productive and engaging, the team can grow.

Increased performance, stronger teams, and approachable management are all benefits of successful Agile retrospectives.

If you want your team to grow and remain relevant, you need to decide on the most suitable exercises and necessary action items.

Do you need help with deciding on the best exercises for your upcoming Agile retrospective? Contact us today!!

According to the Agile manifesto, (Principle 12), “At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.” In essence, without Agile meetings, it may

be slightly impossible for members to monitor their performance and improve on past activities.

Primary Issues Being Addressed

Why Do Some Teams Frown on Retrospectives?

At Agile retrospectives, members raise several issues which normally produce a variety of emotions, negative ones especially. And such negative feelings are often tied to boldly identifying and

finger pointing members whose inadequacies didn’t help the team.

Perks of Agile Retrospectives

How to Conduct Agile Retrospectives

The Bottom Line