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  • 1. http://www.braintrustgroup.comCopyright2010-2012TheBraintrust Consulting Group. All rightsreserved. No part of this publicationmay be reproduced or transmitted inany form or for any purpose withoutexpress permission.Agile 2012Raving Retrospectives -Innovation Games & othertechniques to facilitate creativeretrospectives Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.1

2. http://www.braintrustgroup.com Kate Megaw, CSP, PMP The Braintrust Consulting Group BS Information Management from Queens University, Belfast 10 years project management experience Agile coach, trainer, and consultantBrian M. Rabon, CST, PMP President, The Braintrust Brian M. Rabon, CST, PMP GroupConsulting BS CS from Auburn University MS EE from UAB CSM, CSD, CSP, CST, PMP 15 years of softwaredevelopment experience Agile coach, trainer, andconsultant Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.2 3. http://www.braintrustgroup.comTable TalkTurn to a partner at your table & discuss: 1 thing that worked well at your latest retro didnt work 1 thing that Table talk so well Copyright 2011 - 2012 TheBraintrust Consulting Group. Allrights reserved. No part of thispublication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for anypurposewithout expresspermission. Images copyright oftheir respective artist, 2011 - 2012,usedunderlicense fromShutterstock.com. As a session attendee, I want to understand what a retrospective is, so that I can understand the benefit of doing them regularly Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.3 4. http://www.braintrustgroup.comWhat is a retrospective? dictionary.com directed to the past; contemplative of pastsituations, events, etc. looking or directed backward. Wikipedia generally means to take a look back atevents that already have taken place Why do we do retrospectives? Inspect & Adapt What worked well What didnt work well What can we improve Retrospectives help teams evengreat ones keep improving Derby& Larson Real problems can lead to RealSolutions Why wouldnt you do them Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.4 5. http://www.braintrustgroup.comTraditional Lessons Scrum Gathering 2012Learned / Postmortems? End of projectAs a session attendee, FiledI want to understand how to run a traditionalretrospective,so that I can see the main way we gatherfeedback from the team. http://www.implementingscrum.com/2007/09/04/scary-team-retrospectives-part-one/ Traditional lessons 2012Agile learned/postmortems? End of project Filed http://www.implementingscrum.com/2007/09/04/scary-team-retrospectives-part-one/ Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com. 5 6. http://www.braintrustgroup.com Agile 2012Retrospectives Get everyone saying a couple ofwords Couple of words to describe last sprint Couple of words to describe how you feel Sprint temperature +/Traditional Lessons Scrum Gathering 2012Learned / Postmortems? End of projectAs a session attendee, FiledI want to understand how to run creativeretrospectives,so that the team can have fun and receive qualityfeedback from each other. http://www.implementingscrum.com/2007/09/04/scary-team-retrospectives-part-one/ Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com. 6 7. http://www.braintrustgroup.comAgile 2012Speed Boat Innovation Games What is driving your boat (Sprint,project, or Agile adoption forward) What are the anchors slowing itdown? Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.7 8. http://www.braintrustgroup.comAgile 2012Speed Boat Sprint 4Agile 2012Speed Boat Agile Island - what does it look like?Sprint 4 Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.8 9. http://www.braintrustgroup.comAgile 2012 Starfish retrospectivehttp://www.thekua.com/rant/2006/03/the-retrospective-starfish/ Keep DoingStop Doing Start Doing Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.9 10. http://www.braintrustgroup.comAgile 2012Starfish retrospective Learning Matrix Retrospective Agile Retrospectives: Making GoodTeams Great. Esther Derby, Diana Larsen Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.10 11. http://www.braintrustgroup.comAgile 2012Learning Matrix The sprint Creative Retrospectives Agile 2012 Conference Copyright 2011 - 2012 TheBraintrust Consulting Group. All Speed Boatrights reserved. No part of thispublication may be reproduced or Starfishtransmitted in any form or for anypurposewithout expresspermission. Images copyright of Learning Matrixtheir respective artist, 2011 - 2012,usedunderlicense from 15 minutesShutterstock.com. Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.11 12. http://www.braintrustgroup.com Scrum Gathering 2012 Agile 2012Retrospectives Look for similarproblems andgroup together Decompose Put in team room Question Based Retrospectives Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.12 13. http://www.braintrustgroup.com Retrospective Cookies What was the mosteffective thing you did thisSprint, and why was it sosuccessful? What was our Teamsbiggest impediment thisSprint? What was the most helpfulthing the Scrum Master didthis Sprint? Why was ithelpfulhttp://weisbart.com/cookies Team Questions & Sharing Have question jar on a desk in the team room and every time a team member thinks of a good retro question put it in the jar Before the retrospective, the ScrumMaster wraps them around candy bars! Share your questions with other teams & vice versa! Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.13 14. http://www.braintrustgroup.comSpider Web Retrospective/ Team Radar http://agileretrospectivewiki .org/index.php?title=Pillars_ Of_Agile_Spiderweb_Retros pective? Code StabilityTeam Dynamics Coordination with Technical Debtother teams ? ?? Post-It Notes Average them if want Join lines if want Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.14 15. http://www.braintrustgroup.comTraditional LessonsScrum Gathering 2012Learned / Postmortems? End of project As a session attendee, FiledI want to understand how to conduct an effectiveretrospective,so that the team can get the full benefit from themeeting. Copyright 2011 - 2012 TheBraintrust Consulting Group. Allrights reserved. No part of thishttp://www.implementingscrum.com/2007/09/04/scary-team-retrospectives-part-one/publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for anypurposewithout expresspermission. Images copyright oftheir respective artist, 2011 - 2012,usedunderlicense fromShutterstock.com. Pair share Copyright 2011 - 2012 TheBraintrust Consulting Group. Allrights reserved. No part of thispublication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for anypurposewithout expresspermission. Images copyright oftheir respective artist, 2011 - 2012,usedunderlicense fromShutterstock.com. Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.15 16. http://www.braintrustgroup.comRetro Planning Beat the clockTimingPlan attendeesTeam / PO ?Schedule recurringappointmentsAdhere to time box Copyright 2011 - 2012 TheBraintrust Consulting Group. Allrights reserved. No part of thispublication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for anypurposewithout expresspermission. Images copyright oftheir respective artist, 2011 - 2012,usedunderlicense fromShutterstock.com.Retrospective IdeasRotate facilitator/guest facilitatorInclude output from last retrospectiveFlipchart paper/dot votingInput from remote/offshore team members prior to meeting Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.16 17. http://www.braintrustgroup.com Stick to your time box End on a high note Debrief at end of retrospective If you didnt write it, dontpresent it Revisit decomposed item forteam to work on Feed your team Consider location & room layout Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.17 18. http://www.braintrustgroup.com Burning questions Copyright 2011 - 2012 TheBraintrust Consulting Group. Allrights reserved. No part of thispublication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for anypurposewithout expresspermission. Images copyright oftheir respective artist, 2011 - 2012,usedunderlicense fromShutterstock.com. Scrum Gathering 2012Resources Agile Retrospectives: AgileDiana LarsenRetrospectives: Making GoodMaking Good Teams GreatEsther Derby,Teams Great. Esther Derby, Diana Larsen http://agileretrospectivewiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page http://www.thekua.com/rant/2006/03/the-retrospective-starfish/ Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of The Braintrust Consulting Group. Imagescopyright of their respective artist, 2011 - 2012, used under license from Shutterstock.com.18 19. http://www.braintrustgroup.com Closing circleClosingCelebration Copyright 2011 - 2012 TheBraintrust Consulting Group. Allrights reserved. No part of thispublication may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or for anypurposewithout expresspermission. Images copyright oftheir respective artist, 2011 - 2012,usedunderlicense fromShutterstock.com.Agile 2012 Brian M. Rabon, CST, PMP | President 205.329.3794 (c) | [email protected] Megaw, CSP, PMP | COO - Agile Coach & Trainer 205.601.0840 (c) | [email protected] The Braintrust Consulting Group | www.braintrustgroup.com Twitter: @yourpmpartnerBlog: http://blog.your-pm-partner.comFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/yourpmpartner Copyright 2012 The Braintrust Consulting Group. 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