Are your retros boring, non-productive, and a waste of time? Come learn about 3 case studies of extraordinary retrospectives. Retrospectives are the heart of the feedback loop, existing within an agile framework that fosters self-improvement. Retrospectives lose value due to 2 reasons: they get boring or they have no value in terms of actionable items. The first case will describe a team’s experience, organised at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia. A custom tour was developed that focused on “mateship”. The second case will describe a team’s experience at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Australia: a prototype team training based on Visual Thinking Strategies, VTS, usually reserved for 11-12 year old school children. The third case will describe a leadership team’s experience at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney, Australia. A team of executive-level leaders learned about mindfulness techniques and taking the time off to appreciate art as a team. I will describe how you can partner with a variety of resources, including government programs, that will enable you to do the same thing.

1. extraordinary retrospectives
captain
alex sloley @alex_sloley

2. what is it?

3. retrospective
introspection
inspection
reflection
lessons learned
feedback loop
postmortem
after action report

4. what is the value?

5. identifies improvements
creates a plan
continuous improvement

6. anti-patterns

7. boring
no value

8. case study 1

9. free
2 hours plus lunch
professional tour guide
custom
‘mateship’

10. case study 2

11. free
2 hours plus lunch
professional learning facilitator
custom
visual thinking strategies - vts

12. activities

13. story time

14. smiles

15. selfie

16. case study 3

17. $70
2.5 hours plus tea
professional learning facilitator
mindfulness
free version is 30 mins

18. anti-anti-patterns

19. fun
surprise
food
community
culture

20. make it better

21. top action items
convert to backlog items
scrum master backlog

22. tools

23. agile retrospectives: making good teams
great by esther derby
retromat
tasty cupcakes

24. the droste effect!!!
https://tinyurl.com/extraretros

25. thank you
peace out