Strengths-Based Retrospective - Revision history

Ben Linders: /* Process: */

2014-09-10T14:12:19Z

Process:

Ben Linders at 14:09, 10 September 2014

2014-09-10T14:09:42Z

Ben Linders: Created page with "Use: The context in which your plan is appropriate (e.g. "when the team is not communicating well") [edit]Length of time: Approximate duration of the exercise. [edit]Short Des..."

2014-09-10T13:51:11Z

Created page with "Use: The context in which your plan is appropriate (e.g. "when the team is not communicating well") [edit]Length of time: Approximate duration of the exercise. [edit]Short Des..."

New page

Use:
The context in which your plan is appropriate (e.g. "when the team is not communicating well")
[edit]Length of time:
Approximate duration of the exercise.
[edit]Short Description:
A brief summary of the process and output.
[edit]Materials:
Any materials required e.g. flip charts, post-it notes etc.
[edit]Process:
A detailed and instructive guide on how to run the retrospective. Try to be use bullets and ordered lists rather than long paragraphs.
[edit]Source:
Credit to the retrospective plan author which could include a link to the original or creator's website.

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 Flip charts and post-it notes.
 ===Process:===
-Discovering strengths: Think of something that succeeded in this iteration that the team managed to accomplish beyond expectation, and which produced benefits for you, the team, and/or for your customers. Now ask yourself and your team the following questions:
+'''Discovering strengths''': Think of something that succeeded in this iteration that the team managed to accomplish beyond expectation, and which produced benefits for you, the team, and/or for your customers. Now ask yourself and your team the following questions:
    * How did we do it? What did we do to make it successful?
@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
 If you are using the [http://www.benlinders.com/2013/which-questions-do-you-ask-in-retrospectives/ four key questions], the question "What did we do well?" can also be used as a solution-focused approach to find strengths that can be deployed to address problems a team is facing.
-Defining actions: Think of a problem that you had in the past iteration, one that is likely to happen again. For example a problem that is keeping you and your team from delivering benefits for your customers? Now ask:
+'''Defining actions''': Think of a problem that you had in the past iteration, one that is likely to happen again. For example a problem that is keeping you and your team from delivering benefits for your customers? Now ask:
    * How can you use your individual or team strengths to solve this problem?
@@ Line 25: / Line 25: @@
 Again, this applies appreciative inquiry by envisioning what can be done using the previously discovered strengths and giving energy to the team members to carry it out.
 ===Source:===
 This exercise is described in the book [http://www.benlinders.com/getting-value-out-of-agile-retrospectives/ Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives], written by Luis Gonçalves and Ben Linders. The book can be downloaded from [http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/agile-retrospectives-value InfoQ] or [https://leanpub.com/gettingvalueoutofagileretrospectives LeanPub]. Also available as a [http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Value-Agile-Retrospectives-Retrospective/dp/1304789624/ Paperback Edition]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-Use:
+===Use:===
-The context in which your plan is appropriate (e.g. "when the team is not communicating well")
+A strengths-based retrospective is a different approach for an agile / Scrum retrospective. Instead of coming up with a list of actions to start doing new things (which you might not be capable of doing), your actions result in doing more of the things that you are already doing and which you are good at.
-[edit]Length of time:
+===Length of time:===
-Approximate duration of the exercise.
+- 90 minutes
-[edit]Short Description:
+===Short Description:===
-A brief summary of the process and output.
+A strength-based retrospective consists of two steps: discovering strengths, then defining actions that use them. Both steps consist of [http://www.benlinders.com/2013/which-questions-do-you-ask-in-retrospectives/ asking retrospective questions].
-[edit]Materials:
+===Materials:===
-Any materials required e.g. flip charts, post-it notes etc.
+Flip charts and post-it notes.
-[edit]Process:
+===Process:===
-A detailed and instructive guide on how to run the retrospective. Try to be use bullets and ordered lists rather than long paragraphs.
+Discovering strengths: Think of something that succeeded in this iteration that the team managed to accomplish beyond expectation, and which produced benefits for you, the team, and/or for your customers. Now ask yourself and your team the following questions:
-[edit]Source:
-Credit to the retrospective plan author which could include a link to the original or creator's website.
+  * How did we do it? What did we do to make it successful?