Reasoning is the core activity for a retrospective. But it is important for a group to have a...
Retrospective: understand perceived facts before reasoning
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Timeline activity for retrospective
Below is a deck for a timeline activity I used on my last retrospective. Timeline activity View...
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...
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...
facilitation exercise: The round table fishbowl for group discussion
I have used this facilitation exercise in a few instances. Therefore I will describe it in this blog entry. This exercise is great for keeping a focused conversation, while having a large group of people. At any time, only a few people have a conversation (the fish in...