What can we do if the team is not following through on action items from retrospectives? This list might help you get started … Have a facilitator Have an owner for each action item Make action items visible. You can put the action item flipchart next to taskboard or use a Retro swimlane on the… Read Article →
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Here´s a nice list with more activities that could also be used for a retrospective. Team Building Exercises – Communication – Six Ways to Improve Communication Skills
Something we could also try at a retro? Management 3.0 Products: Improv Cards and Storytelling
A retrospective activity that I tried recently that builds around a lego duck. My focus was on team communication but this could probably be replaced by something else … Mind the Duck Exercise 1: Build your Duck (set the stage) Every team member gets the same set of 8 lego bricks They have then 30 seconds… Read Article →
I was searching for a format to tracks the team mood or team morale in every retrospective. 4-5 questions that we track every time so that we see trends and outliers. This can also trigger some discussions. This is what I came up with … Team Mood At the start of every retro I let the team… Read Article →
Inspired by: https://plans-for-retrospectives.com/en/?id=60
Inspired by https://plans-for-retrospectives.com/en/?id=78
… no problem! Here´s an idea for you 🙂 Dialogue Sheet Also Scrum Masters are allowed to go on vacation. Here´s something you can give your team, so that they can do the retro easily without you. https://www.allankellyassociates.co.uk/dialogue-sheets/ More Retrospective Activities
Ressources with activities for retrospectives. Websites Retromat and Retromat https://www.benlinders.com/exercises/ Agile Strides Activities Team Radar Scrum Master is on Vacation! How do we do the Retrospective now :-O Retrospective Activity: The 4 Ls … for more see also Retrosectives Books Retrospektiven – kurz & gut by Rolf Dräther Game Storming More Retrosective Activities
OK, I was not aware of that! Thx @Corinna to point this out 😉 All activities for SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT “The Missing Manual for Retromat: 5 tricks that might come in handy” https://t.co/dUygUCmJla
Absolut empfehlenswert für Einsteiger! Retrospektiven – kurz & gut by Rolf Dräther My rating: 4 of 5 stars View all my reviews
Here´s a list of mechanisms causing estimation errors – Watch out for them when your team estimates user stories: As a scrum master you could introduce one of these biases is every retrospective and ask the team to find strategies to avoid them. Causes for estimation error Mechanisms Cone of uncertainty Requirements creep Garbage in… Read Article →
Some more biases you can discus with your team in a retrospective: bandwagoneffect expectancy bias emerging preferences response bias priming effect halo effect anchoring effect
Definitely something I would like to try during a retrospective: https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/retrospective-using-team-radar
A nice read for Scrum Masters and agile coaches. Here are a few quotes and take aways 🙂 Coaching Agile Teams by Lyssa Adkins I generally liked the book although some chapters seemed to me veeery long and I had the feeling that I would never come to the end. Would I recommend it? Well,… Read Article →