THE 7 SECRETS OFHIGHLY EFFECTIVERETROSPECTIVES

Hello DCSCUG!

David HorowitzRetrium CEO & Co-Founder

April 25, 2016

EXPERIMENT

let's run a little

DAVID HOROWITZ

Ex-Big Company GuyEx-Wharton

Retrium CEO &Co-Founder

"Recovering"software dev

Father of two littleones

Why retrospect?

Retrospectives: The Basics

Larsen, Diana and Derby, Esther. Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great, 2006. Print.

SECRET#1

"PROBLEMS CAN BECOME OPPORTUNITIES

WHEN THE RIGHT PEOPLE COME TOGETHER."

­ Robert South

we can fix anything...

Out of our control

"The Soup"

Zone of influence

Zone of control

Circles and Soup

Idea by Diana Larsen

SECRET#2

"ALONE WE CAN DO SO LITTLE.

TOGETHER WE CAN DO SO MUCH.

­ Helen Keller

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“If Dante rewrote theinferno, I’m prettysure the first circle

would be conferencecalls.”

­ Umair Haque

EVERYONEif one person is remote...

is remote

Tools won't make remote work easy.But they are needed to make it effective.

SECRET#3

"STRENGTH AND GROWTH COME ONLY THROUGH

CONTINUOUS EFFORT AND STRUGGLE."

­ Napoleon Hill

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Alternative #1: The Continuous Retrospective

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Alternative #2: The Personal Retrospective

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http://facilitatingagility.com/tag/personal­retrospective/

Alternative #3: The Futurespective

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SECRET#4

"LIFE IS AN EXPERIMENT IN WHICH YOU MAY FAIL

OR SUCCEED. EXPLORE MORE, EXPECT LEAST."

­ Santosh Kalwar

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RETROSPECTIVES AS EXPERIMENTS

We hypothesize by <implementing this change>We will <solve this problem>Which will have <these benefits>As measured by <this measurement>

SECRET#5

"IF YOU CHOOSE TWO RABBITS,

BOTH WILL ESCAPE"

­ Unknown

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SECRET#6

"SOMEWHERE IN THIS SMALL WORLD, YOU CAN FIND

A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE APPRECIATES YOU

MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU DESERVE."

­ M.F. Moonzajer

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SECRET#7

"A TEAM IS NOT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WORK TOGETHER.

A TEAM IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO TRUST EACH OTHER."

­ Simon Sinek

R E T R O S P E C T I V E P R I M E D I R E C T I V E

" R e g a r d l e s s o f w h a t w e

d i s c o v e r , w e u n d e r s t a n d

a n d t r u l y b e l i e v e t h a t

e v e r y o n e d i d t h e b e s t j o b

t h e y c o u l d , g i v e n w h a t t h e y

k n e w a t t h e t i m e , t h e i r

s k i l l s a n d a b i l i t i e s , t h e

r e s o u r c e s a v a i l a b l e , a n d

t h e s i t u a t i o n a t h a n d . "

Norm Kerthhttp://www.retrospectives.com/pages/retroPrimeDirective.html

It's hard to run a good retrospective.

That's why we asked 21 agile experts:

"What's the #1 thing you do to make your retrospectives successful?"

Download the free e-book

http://retrium.com/ebook/become-a-retrospective-rockstarOR

https://goo.gl/EpYolq

Q&Agive me what you've got!