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Evolutionary Architecture by Patrick Kua
My friend Pat Kua gave a great presentation on Evolutionary Architecture. On it, he answers the...
Google Drawing – another great tool for distributed retrospectives
Yesterday I used Google Drawing for a distributed retrospective. I was very pleased with the tool. The team members talked over a phone bridge (skype or similar would work as well). Google Drawing was used to collect data on the main data gathering exercise for the...
A good lightweight recognition exercise for your next Retrospective: tokens of appreciation
Today I read a blog entry which reminded me about a good lightweight exercise I have used in Agile retrospectives very for recognizing and fostering team collaboration. It is called the token of appreciation. Here is how it works: Bring a chocolate box to the...
Kanban and Beyond at Agiles 2011
This week I was at Agiles 2011, the 4th Latin American Conference on Agile Methodologies. I had the pleasure to give a 2 hour version of the Kanban and beyond workshop. It was very well received by the participants. I did do some improvements since the last time I run...
FunRetro energizer – Triangle forming for self-organizing team
The Forming triangle exergizer is to be used for fostering the conversation about self-organization Given a group of people multiple of 3 (12 for example), the facilitator will run a similar activity twice. First run: The facilitator asks the group to walk...
The retrospective prime directive
Today, a good friend of mine asked me “for that sentence you usually read at the beginning of a retrospective”. He was talking about the retrospective prime directive: Regardless of what we discover, we understand and truly believe that everyone did the best job they...
Facilitation activity: feedback and ROI
Facilitation exercise: feedback and ROI (Return on Investment) I have been using this facilitation exercise for a while. Therefore I am describing it in this blog entry. This is a great exercise for closing a retrospective, a long meeting, or an event). Basically I...