Today I'll present one more technique that can be used to drive Scrum Retrospective meetings.
For this technique, you can either draw on a white board or you can print pictures and just attach to the board or the any wall available. I usually prefer to print stuff cause I'm not that good at drawing!! ;)
I'll provide some pictures for download at the end of the post.
Follow these steps:
1. [10 minutes] Arrange the board/wall with the drawings or pictures before the team arrive at the room. Don't forget to book the room for 10 minutes previous to the meeting for you to have this time.
2. [10 minutes] With the team in the room, explain that you'll be gathering 3 kinds of feedback:
- Things that propel us: Nice stuff, things that are helping the team and making it improve. Make a relation with the windy cloud in the picture.
- Things that are holding us back or making us slower: Usually obstacles, things that went wrong, that we don't want to repeat and to keep in the team. Make a relation with the anchor attached to the boat.
- Things to look out for: Stuff that we need to pay attention and give value; maybe things that are not an issue right now, but can become an issue later. Make a relation with the iceberg.
3. [5 minutes] Distribute post its (preferably 3 colors) and make it clear in the board what color will be used for each category of feedback.
4. [15 minutes] Encourage the team to write and to place the post its on the wall. Make sure everybody participate and let them know that every voice needs to be heard and is equally important.
5. [30 minutes] Read the feedback posted (or ask your team members to do so!) and evaluate one by one. Here, the team needs to decide what will be the action item for each one, if it's possible to find one. Keep the discussion rolling and take note of the action items. You can let someone responsible for writing the action items also. The more they participate, the more they will feel involved and pay attention to what's going on in the room.
6. [5 minutes] Closure - Thank the team for their participation and tell them where you will keep the action items in order for everyone to have access. Don't forget to tell them that you will keep track of the items and make sure they don't just stand out as a list.
Material for download:
-Boat pic
-Cloud pic
-Iceberg pic
-Anchor pic
-Slide presentation (very useful for distributed teams]
You can find out more about Retrospective techniques in this post:
What your Retrospectives should look like
quite interesting. will try in my next retro.
ReplyDeleteNice!! How did it go?
ReplyDeleteGreat article with clear steps. I have also noticed people scoring their feedback on a 1-10 scale, did you look into that as well?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I couldn't see the materials uploaded above. I would like to take a look at the slide for distributed team. would you be able to help? Thanks and good job! :)