Timeline activity for retrospective

Paulo Caroli

29 Mar 2012 | Agile Culture

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Below is a deck for a timeline activity I used on my last retrospective.

Previously I have used this approach for a collocated retrospective. I would draw a timeline on a white board, create 4 areas on the board (people, process, tools/technology, and other), and use two colors of notes (well – green /not so well – gray) to start with, followed by a third color for action items (yellow).

Here is the snapshot of the retrospective activity (this picture was generated by Google Drawing):


Paulo Caroli

Paulo Caroli is the author of the best-selling book “Lean Inception: How to Align People and Build the Right Product” (the first on a series of books about Lean Strategy and Delivery). He's also the creator of FunRetrospectives.com , a site and book about retrospectives, futurospectives and team building activities. Caroli writes on this blog frequently. Receive the next post in your email. Sign up here .
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