Мы знаем зачем нужна ретроспектива и какой у нее формат. Типовые форматы ретро, описанные в книгах, каждый уже не один раз попробовал. Но жизнь сложнее книжных примеров. Привычные вопросы что было хорошо, что не сработало, а что можно улучшить? вызывают зевоту и тоску :)
Давайте посмотрим на незатасканные сценарии для ретроспективы, о которых не пишут в книгах: amazon-review, твиттер-лента, кинокритики и другие. Как построить ретроспективу в формате быстрых свиданий (speed-dating)? Обсудим, как организовать ретро для распределенной команды и с какими трудностями приходится иметь дело.
Заметки с передовой, фото и зарекомендовавшие себя практики прилагаются.
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Дмитрий Павлов
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Editor's Notes
Мы знаем зачем нужна ретроспектива и какой у нее формат. Типовые форматы ретро, описанные в книгах, каждый уже не один раз попробовал. Но жизнь сложнее книжных примеров. Привычные вопросы что было хорошо, что не сработало, а что можно улучшить? вызывают зевоту и тоску :) Давайте посмотрим на незатасканные сценарии для ретроспективы, о которых не пишут в книгах: amazon-review, твиттер-лента, кинокритики и другие. Как построить ретроспективу в формате быстрых свиданий (speed-dating)? Обсудим, как организовать ретро для распределенной команды и с какими трудностями приходится иметь дело. Заметки с передовой, фото и зарекомендовавшие себя практики прилагаются.
Review the iteration on Amazon. Don't forget the star rating!
Each team member writes a short review with:
Title
Content
Star rating (5 stars is the best)
Everyone reads out their review. Record the star ratings on a flip chart.
Can span whole retrospective by also asking what is recommended about the iteration and what not.
Produce the team's twitter timeline for the iteration
Ask participants to write 3 or more tweets on sticky notes about the iteration they've just completed. Tweets could be on the iteration as a whole, on individual stories, a rant, or shameless self-promotion - as long as they are brief. Hash tags, emoticons, attached pictures, @usernames are all welcome. Allow ten minutes to write the tweets, then arrange them in a timeline and discuss themes, trends etc. Now invite participants to favorite, retweet and write replies to the tweets, again following up with discussion.
Imagine your last iteration was a movie and write a review about it
What was the genre of the movie (e.g. horror, drama, ...)?
What was the (central) theme? Describe in 2-3 words.
Was there a big twist (e.g. a bad guy)?
What was the ending like (e.g. happy-end, cliffhanger) and did you expect it?
What was your personal highlight?
Would you recommend it to a colleague?
Give each team member a piece of paper and 5 minutes to silently ponder the questions. In the meantime (or before the session) divide a flip chart in 7 columns headed with 'Genre', 'Theme', 'Twist', 'Ending', 'Expected?', 'Highlight', 'Recommend?'. When everyone has finished writing, fill out the flip chart while each participant reads out their notes.
Afterwards look at the finished table and lead a discussion about
What's standing out?
What patterns do you see? What do they mean for you as a team?
Suggestions on how to continue?
Split a large group into smaller ones that create posters
After you've identified an important topic in the previous phase you can now go into detail. Have the larger group split up into groups of 2-4 people that will each prepare a poster (flip chart) to present to the other groups. If you have identified more than one main topic, let the team members select on which they want to work further.
Give the teams guidelines about what the posters should cover / answer, such as:
What exactly happens? Why is that a problem?
Why / when / how does this situation happen?
Who benefits from the current situation? What is the benefit?
Possible solutions (with Pros and Cons)
Who could help change the situation?
... whatever is appropriate in your setting ...
The groups have 15-20 minutes to discuss and create their posters. Afterwards gather and each group gets 2 minutes to present their results.
Each team member explores one topic in depth in a series of 1:1 talks
Each participant writes down one topic they want to explore, i.e. something they'd like to change.
Then form pairs and spread across the room. Each pair discusses both topics and ponders possible actions - 5 minutes per participant (topic) - one after the other.
After 10 minutes the pairs break up to form new pairs. Continue until everyone has talked to everyone else.
If the group has an odd number of members, the facilitator is part of a pair but the partner gets all 10 minutes for their topic.
Explore how to ruin the next iteration for sure
Hand out pens and sticky notes.
Ask everyone for ideas on how to turn the next iteration / release into a certain desaster - one idea per note.
When everyone's finished writing, hang up all stickies and walk through them. Identify and discuss themes.
In the next phase turn these negative actions into their opposite.