Fearless Change Patterns for Introducing New Ideas

Group Identity

A group of people involved in facilitating project retrospectives gathered in Oregon in 2002 to share their interest in retrospectives and brainstorm ways to increase their use across the software development industry. When the group created a list of action items, the first on the list was: Who are we? What are we trying to accomplish? Do we share a set of common goals? Once these fundamental questions were answered, the group was ready to move forward and make progress. The group is called Retroasis and convenes annually at different locations around the world.

Give the change effort an identity to help people recognize that it exists.

You are an Evangelist(144) or Dedicated Champion(129). You’ve had a Brown Bag(113) or perhaps ...