Agile Retrospectives

Table of contents

1. Agile Retrospectives
3. Table of Contents
4. What readers are saying about Agile Retrospectives
5. Foreword
6. Preface
7. Introduction
8. Chapter 1: Helping Your Team Inspect and Adapt
   1. 1.1 Set the Stage
   2. 1.2 Gather Data
   3. 1.3 Generate Insights
   4. 1.4 Decide What to Do
   5. 1.5 Close the Retrospective
9. Chapter 2: A Retrospective Custom-Fit to Your Team
   1. 2.1 Learning About the History and Environment
   2. 2.2 Shaping the Goal for the Retrospective
   3. 2.3 Determining Duration
   4. 2.4 Structuring a Retrospective
   5. 2.5 Selecting Activities
10. Chapter 3: Leading Retrospectives
    1. 3.1 Managing Activities
    2. 3.2 Managing Group Dynamics
    3. 3.3 Managing Time
    4. 3.4 Managing You
    5. 3.5 Taking Your Skills to the Next Level
11. Chapter 4: Activities to Set the Stage
    1. 4.1 Activity: Check-In
    2. 4.2 Activity: Focus On/Focus Off
    3. 4.3 Activity: ESVP
    4. 4.4 Activity: Working Agreements
12. Chapter 5: Activities to Gather Data
    1. 5.1 Activity: Timeline
    2. 5.2 Activity: Triple Nickels
    3. 5.3 Activity: Color Code Dots
    4. 5.4 Activity: Mad Sad Glad
    5. 5.5 Activity: Locate Strengths
    6. 5.6 Activity: Satisfaction Histogram
    7. 5.7 Activity: Team Radar
    8. 5.8 Activity: Like to Like
13. Chapter 6: Activities to Generate Insights
    1. 6.1 Activity: Brainstorming/Filtering
    2. 6.2 Activity: Force Field Analysis
    3. 6.3 Activity: Five Whys
    4. 6.4 Activity: Fishbone
    5. 6.5 Activity: Patterns and Shifts
    6. 6.6 Activity: Prioritize with Dots
    7. 6.7 Activity: Report Out with Synthesis
    8. 6.8 Activity: Identify Themes
    9. 6.9 Activity: Learning Matrix
14. Chapter 7: Activities to Decide What to Do
    1. 7.1 Activity: Retrospective Planning Game
    2. 7.2 Activity: SMART Goals
    3. 7.3 Activity: Circle of Questions
    4. 7.4 Activity: Short Subjects
15. Chapter 8: Activities to Close the Retrospective
    1. 8.1 Activity: +/Delta
    2. 8.2 Activity: Appreciations
    3. 8.3 Activity: Temperature Reading
    4. 8.4 Activity: Helped, Hindered, Hypothesis
    5. 8.5 Activity: Return on Time Invested (ROTI)
16. Chapter 9: Releases and Project Retrospectives
    1. 9.1 Preparing for Release and Project Retrospectives
    2. 9.2 Including Cross-Organizational Perspectives
    3. 9.3 Leading Release and Project Retrospectives
    4. 9.4 A Retrospective at Every Ending
17. Chapter 10: Make It So
    1. 10.1 Provide Support
    2. 10.2 Share Responsibility for Making Changes
    3. 10.3 Supporting Larger Changes
18. Appendix 1: Facilitation Supplies
19. Appendix 2: Debriefing Activities
20. Appendix 3: Activities Quick Reference Matrix
21. Appendix 4: Resources for Learning Facilitation Skills
22. Appendix 5: Bibliography
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