ale2012 retrospective

Spice Up Your Retrospective(Marc Löffler, @scrumphony)

What do you expectto take home from

this session?

The Retro Challenges

Motivatepeople andkeep themengaged

Work on identifiedtasks

What prevents them?• Repetition �Boring Retros

• Same problems �

No effect• No responsibility• Tasks are not visible• Tasks are too big

Two root causes

• Missing Relativeness• Missing Purpose

Two root causes

• Missing Relativeness

• Missing Purpose

„The object toward which one strives or for which something exists; an aim or a goal”

Autonomy

Mastery

Purpose

You can‘t fake purpose!

Why is it missing?

Missing vision and/ormission

Vision is blurred…

Inject purpose intoretrospectives

But how?

Add hypotheses to your retrospectives

Set theStage

GatherData

GenerateInsight

DecideWhat To Do

Closing

Traditional retrospectiveflow

(Esther Derby & Diana Larsen)

Alternative retrospectiveflow

The power of metaphors

Soccer Retrospective

What soccerterms comeinto your mind?

• Imagine your last sprint was a soccermatch of 90 minutes

• Create a live tickerof this match

• Only use soccerterms

• Check your Check your Check your Check your hypotheseshypotheseshypotheseshypotheses fromfromfromfromlast timelast timelast timelast time

Next steps…

•Game Analysis• Prepare for thenext matchincluding to definedefinedefinedefinenewnewnewnew testabletestabletestabletestable(!) (!) (!) (!) hypotheseshypotheseshypotheseshypotheses

The Recipe

What‘syour

recipe fora perfectsprint?

Why do youthink thisrecipe will create theperfectsprint?

(Hypotheses)

What stepsor ingredientswere missingin your last

sprint?

Two metaphor tips…

• Create a list ofmetaphor termsbefore you start

• Don‘t leave your metaphor!

Possible benefits of using metaphors

• Think outside ofthe box

• New, creative ideas

Fun!

Some other ideas...

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Change thelocation

Summary

• Any retrospective without a purpose is a deadretrospective.

• Add hypotheses to your retrospectives.

• Play around with metaphorsfor new ideas.

What about your hypotheses?

Thanks for your attention

Contact

Marc LöfflerEmail: marc.loeffler@spoonique.deWeb: http://blog.scrumphony.comTwitter: @scrumphony

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