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 Retrospective as a part of Scrum  The idea of retrospectives  Rules of the game  Impact to IT team  Strenghts and weaknesses

Sprint planning meeting Daily scrum 1-2 weeks Sprint review meeting Sprint retrospective 1-3 hours Release Sprint backlog Product backlog Updated product backlog

Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump,bump,bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there is another way, if only could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. * * qoutation from Winnie the Pooh by Norm Kerth, (Kerth 2001) Norm Kerth** **Norm Kerth -the founder of the modern-day movement of retrospectives

What went well? Where we failed? What should we improve? What should we stop? What should we start? DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Tehnical event Organizational event Personal event INSPECTADAPT Made by Scrum Team Supported by Scrum Master

Scrum retrospective prework Timebox for meeting 1-3 hours Scrum exercises Decisions for next sprints : What? Who? When? Changes to product backlog

KEEP DOING STOP DOING TRY INSIGHTS PREASSIGNED CATEGORIES SILENT GROUPING SHARED CONTEXT PRIORITIZING INSIGHTS DOT VOTING DETERMINE THE SOLUTION/WHO WILL DO IT/ HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE INSIGHTS BACKLOG. CLOSING. FOLLOW UP

INPUT  Agreed focus  Precollected objective data  Team members with subjective data and spirit  Backlog of insights from previous retrospective  Exercises and materials for visualization OUTPUT  Process improvement actions  Insight backlog  Changes in teamspirit

You might not like Your job, but still enjoy the camaraderie of the people You work with.* * Explanation to the word “c amaraderie” in Vocabulary.com

STRENGHTS  Fixed rules and timetable  Positive mindsetting  Equal possibility for every team member  Simple decision making tools WEAKNESSES  Weak Scrum Master  Inactivity in reflection/participation  Team doesn`t have clear understanding about Scrum process

Take retrospective as a good advantage to look inside the process, before You are totally lost. Thank You!

 Derby E., Larsen D., Agile Retrospectives, The Pragmatic Bookshelf; version: P 6.0 – 2011  Schwaber K., Sutherland J.; The Definitive Guide to Scrum: The Rules of the Game, The Scrum Guide TM, July2013  Rubin, Kenneth S. Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn)) (Kindle Location 21). Pearson Education. Kindle Edition. (