I have been running retrospective activities for a long time. I really like retrospective...
Retrospective Activity; I do not settle with only one
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A really cool presentation on retrospectives
Guilherme Lacerda gave a really good presentation on retrospective at Agiles 2012. The Power of...
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...
Agile Micromanagement, the good and the bad
Jim Highsmith wrote an interesting post about micromanagement. He mentioned Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are good examples of successful product manager micromanagement. I totally agree with that. He also talks about the Agile process micromanagement. Experiencing both...
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...
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...