Retrospective's Secret: There's a Piece Missing
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The Retrospective is, by far, the most important event of an agile team. However, there's a crucial aspect no one talks about. Keep reading to find out.
What’s the secret:
The Retrospective it’s just 50% of the work. The other half is to actually implement what you decided to do. Most people struggle with this. But you’ll not if you:
- Prioritize one simple —easy peasy— action.
- Implement it right away.
- Stay consistent achieving “1” and “2”.
That's it. but how can you pull it off?
Here's a sequence of actions you can use to unlock your team's ability to evolve.
Retrospective's Essential Steps:
- Intro: explain the why, agenda & logistics
- Reflect: celebrate what went well as a team
- Ideate: how might we improve as a team?
- Select: one action you can get done in a day
- Place: the action at the backlog’s very top
- Outro: sum up, explain what’s next & close
- Do: implement the action in a day or less
- Repeat: at a regular interval (i.e. every 15 days)
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The Bottom Line:
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🤘Yes, you've got this!
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