Retrospectives

At regular intervals, the team meets to discuss

• What's working well
• What's working poorly
• What processes should we try next?
• Appreciations for teammates
• Any last thoughts?

Retrospectives are...

• facilitated by a coach or other team member
  • not by a manager or tech lead
• driven by the attendees in the moment
  • not by an agenda agreed upon beforehand
• focused on the process in general, or on a specific crisis or problem that happened recently
  • not a status meeting
  • not for management to make announcements or impose a new rule
  • not to discuss features or planning (though it might spawn other meetings about these items)

Retrospective Attitude

• keep an open mind
• be respectful
• listen more than you speak

The Bible

https://www.amazon.com/Agile-Retrospectives-Making-Teams-Great/dp/0977616649

Retro Schedule

• Setting the stage
• Gathering data
• Discover insights
• Decide what to do
• Close the retro

Retro Games

• happy - sad - curious
• cluster and dot-vote
• fishbowl

• timeline

• ...and many more