Since our first event in March of 2010 we have held over 40 sessions and brought people together to explore and develop how agile can help businesses in Winnipeg. After spreading all of that agile love and beauty, it begs the question: "Is it working?" So, to kick off the 2015/2016 Agile Winnipeg season, we'll conduct our first retrospective on agile in Winnipeg. We'll celebrate the areas of agile that are working well in Winnipeg, and also explore which areas we still struggle with. In this session, Steve will lead us all through a group retrospective. You'll experience how a retrospective can be run with a larger group, and also receive some tips for making your own retrospectives more effective. At the end of the session, we'll have created a prioritized list of actions for improving agile in Winnipeg.

1. Agile in Winnipeg:
A Retrospective
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2. 1. Learn from each other – What are our
strengths? Struggles?
2. Learn some tips for conducting your
own retrospectives
Learning Outcomes
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3. Step 0: Review the action
items from the last retro
Q. Did we do them?
Q. Are we a better team because of them?

4. Step 1: Set the tone
“Regardless of what we discover, we
understand and truly believe that everyone
did the best job they could, given what they
knew at the time, their skills and abilities, the
resources available, and the situation at
hand.”
- Norm Kerth

5. Step 2: Gather Data
(positive data first!)
“What are the winds that are propelling you
and your teams forward?”

6. Step 2: Gather Data
(struggles second!)
“Let’s talk about anchors. What are the things
that are slowing you down?”

7. Other questions you can ask:
It was great
because…
Do Differently
Do the same, Do
more of
Do less of, Start
doing, Stop doing
What have we
learned?
What experiments
should we try?
I’m thankful for I’m puzzled by…

8. Other Techniques to try:
- Speedboat (winds / anchors / goals/risks)
- (we just did this)
- #LeanCoffee
- Remember the Future
- SpiderWeb

9. Step 3: Generate Insights
For the prioritized items:
“What ideas do you have for resolving those
pains? Or increasing those gains?”

10. Step 4: Decide what to do

11. Step 4: Decide what to do
(please don’t do all of them)

12. Step 5: Close the retrospective

13. Credits:
- Agile Retrospectives:: Esther Derby and Diana Larsen http://www.amazon.ca/Agile-Retrospectives-Making-
Teams-Great/dp/0977616649/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1443039464&sr=8-1&keywords=agile+retrospectives
- Picture: Chris Smith. http://leadingagileteams.com/2014/07/13/5-steps-to-an-effective-sprint-retrospective/
Summary

14. @SRogalsky
WinnipegAgilist@blogspot.com
Steve Rogalsky
Thanks!
Questions?
http://www.slideshare.net/SteveRogalsky/agile-in-winnipega-retrospective

15. Credits / Resources
• Book: Agile Retrospectives by Esther Derby and Diana Larsen:
• 5 Step picture by Chris Smith:
http://leadingagileteams.com/2014/07/13/5-steps-to-an-effective-
sprint-retrospective/
• Prime Directive:
http://www.retrospectives.com/pages/retroPrimeDirective.html
• Silent brainstorming:
– http://winnipegagilist.blogspot.ca/2012/01/silent-brainstorming.html
– http://www.slideshare.net/SteveRogalsky/silent-brainstorming-a-
guide-to-using-postits
– http://www.slideshare.net/SteveRogalsky/the-silence-of-agile
• Other retrospective sources:
– http://www.plans-for-retrospectives.com/
– http://retrospectivewiki.org/
– Lean Coffee: http://www.slideshare.net/SteveRogalsky/a-guide-to-
lean-coffee