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The Art of Facilitating Retrospectives
[And Other Team Meetings]
Conne X oXPierluigi Pugliese
Multidirected Partiality• Support & appreciate everybody+ideas• Promote agreement & support it
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From: Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy
Team Phases
Bruce Tuckman, “Developmental Sequence in Small Groups”, Psychological Bulletin, Volume 63, Number 6, Pages 384-99
5. Adjourning
4. Performing 1. Forming
3. Norming 2. Storming
?
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Proper start! “Set the Stage”
Proper end!“Close”
Structure1. Agenda + Structure
+ Minutes + Time[boxes]2. Greetings - Introduction -
Set the Stage3. Boundaries
• Identify• Define• Defend
4. Promote co-operation/Importance of the group for the results
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Structure - Other10. Open non verbal language11. Sense the room: where do
they need to go?12. Closing properly
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Previous History• Expected benefit? / Specific topic?• Open conflicts? / Parties?• Current team dynamic?• Safe environment?• Limitations? Time, space, logistics, …• Previous [failed] attempts?• Company/group/team style?• Previous useful/dangerous
experiences?
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Support Needed
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Away from?
Maybe one day…
Committed?
Towards!
But where?
OscillatingToday
Obstacles
Fog
• What? What order? Variations? • Pitfalls? • Cultural fit?
Suitable Activities
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Maybe
you
need
a
taxono
my…
Taxonomy example: Starfish• Type of retro?• Team dynamics?• Cultural fit?• Usable in case of conflicts?• To avoid when?
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More of
Start doingStop doing
Keep doing
Less of
Taxonomy example: Starfish• Type of retro: open exploration• Team dynamics: performing, no big
conflicts• Cultural fit: “rational” groups [+]• Usable in case of conflicts: yes, but…• To avoid when: team in “fog” or with
heavy differences/conflicts, team in forming
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Timeboxing Activities•Time pressure: +delivery, -creativity•No timebox: +creativity, open-ended•Timebox as time awareness: ++, but interrupts flow
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Retrospectives: Research
•Please support Marina Haase’s research project:
Retrospectives:Exercise in Futility or Catalyst for Change?
http://retrospectives.marinahaase.de/
index.php/survey-on-retrospectives
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