http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/08/15/adventures-in-agile-retrospectives/ Rants and Musings of an Agile Developer Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:32:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/08/15/adventures-in-agile-retrospectives/#comment-83948 mohangk.org/blog » links for 2008-08-20 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:56:12 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/08/15/adventures-in-agile-retrospectives/#comment-83948 [...] James Carr » Blog Archive » Adventures in Agile Retrospectives A great article discussing how to carry out agile retrospectives. Something I need to add more structure to with my team. (tags: agile retrospectives) [...] [...] James Carr » Blog Archive » Adventures in Agile Retrospectives A great article discussing how to carry out agile retrospectives. Something I need to add more structure to with my team. (tags: agile retrospectives) [...]

]]> http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/08/15/adventures-in-agile-retrospectives/#comment-83487 James Carr Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:53:24 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/08/15/adventures-in-agile-retrospectives/#comment-83487 Thanks for the tips Diana! I'm going to be leading another retrospective on Tuesday, so I may try to integrate a few of the pointers you suggested. Thanks for the tips Diana! I’m going to be leading another retrospective on Tuesday, so I may try to integrate a few of the pointers you suggested.

]]> http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/08/15/adventures-in-agile-retrospectives/#comment-83180 Diana Larsen Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:46:15 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/08/15/adventures-in-agile-retrospectives/#comment-83180 Wow James! Thanks for these great stories. Something else you could try with the timeline - have different team members take sections of the timeline to read out and make initial comments. (e.g., who can talk about what was happening during *this* section of our timeline? What events do you see on the cards?) It's something I've switched to doing. Keeps the team members more focused (who knows when they'll be next), and provides a variety of voices (for more aural interest and attention getting). It seems to work well whether everyone is in the room or whether one or two folks are on the webcam. And, BTW, as long as you give everyone an idea of the Agenda and retrospective goal/focus up front, you're still Setting the Stage. It doesn't have to be a big deal. ;-) Wow James! Thanks for these great stories. Something else you could try with the timeline - have different team members take sections of the timeline to read out and make initial comments. (e.g., who can talk about what was happening during *this* section of our timeline? What events do you see on the cards?) It’s something I’ve switched to doing. Keeps the team members more focused (who knows when they’ll be next), and provides a variety of voices (for more aural interest and attention getting). It seems to work well whether everyone is in the room or whether one or two folks are on the webcam. And, BTW, as long as you give everyone an idea of the Agenda and retrospective goal/focus up front, you’re still Setting the Stage. It doesn’t have to be a big deal.

]]> http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/08/15/adventures-in-agile-retrospectives/#comment-83009 Cory Foy Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:10:49 +0000 http://blog.james-carr.org/2008/08/15/adventures-in-agile-retrospectives/#comment-83009 Congrats James! Sounds like it went over well. Great job - and keep it up! Congrats James! Sounds like it went over well. Great job - and keep it up!

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