Scrum Sprint Cycle can be viewed as set of several PDCA cycles, one of witch is the Retrospective. Explaining the why's and how's of the retrospectives will lead us to more effective continuous improvement cycles. ------------------- About Inês Santos Inês Santos is currently the Agile Coach of Farfetch Mobile and Core Clusters. In the past 5 years she has only worked with agile methodologies using different approaches and learning not only from what she reads, but also from what the teams have taught her. She is CSM certified and an Agile & Scrum enthusiast who loves to discuss agile software development and improvements to the team daily work. She has a passion on retrospectives.

1. Retrospectives
Agile Foundation
Inês Santos – Agile Coach

2. Me, Myself & I
1995-2000
2000-2006
2007-2009
2009-2015
2016-now

3. “It is not enough to do your best;
you must know what to do,
and then do your best.”
- W. Edwards Deming

4. William Edwards Deming was an American
engineer, statistician, professor, author, lecturer,
and management consultant.
Born: October 14, 1900
Died: December 20, 1993

5. PDCA
The PDCA Cycle is a systematic series of steps,
for gaining valuable learning and knowledge,
for the continual improvement of a product or
process.

6. PDCA
PLAN D C A
0 identifying a goal or purpose,
0 formulating a theory,
0 defining success metrics, and
0 putting a plan into action.

7. PDCA
P DO C A
0 in which the components of the plan are implemented,
0 such as making a product.

8. PDCA
P D CHECK A
0 the Study step,
0 where outcomes are monitored to test the validity of
the plan for signs of progress and success, or
problems and areas for improvement

9. PDCA
P D C ACT
0 closes the cycle,
0 integrating the learning generated by the entire
process,
0 which can be used to adjust the goal, change methods
or even reformulate a theory altogether.

10. PDCA
Do
CheckAct
Plan

11. Scrum

12. Scrum Pillars

13. Scrum Pillars
Do
CheckAct
Plan

14. Scrum as a PDCA cycle

15. Scrum as a PDCA cycle
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CheckAct
Plan

16. Scrum as a PDCA cycle
Do
CheckAct
Plan

17. Scrum as a PDCA cycle
Do
CheckAct
Plan

18. Scrum as a PDCA cycle
Do
CheckAct
Plan

19. Scrum as a PDCA cycle
Do
CheckAct
Plan

20. Retrospectives as agile foundation
0 Core of any successful Agile or Scrum environment
0 “…team reflects on how to become more effective.”
0 A method of learning through your mistakes

21. Place retrospectives on the central stage

22. Place retrospectives in the main stage
0 Motivate the team to participate
0 Plan the agile retrospective
0 Make the retrospective a safe place to express issues
0 Apply different feedback techniques

23. Retrospective Structure

24. Set the Stage
Goal: Help people focus on the work at hand
Includes:
0 Simple welcome
0 Restate purpose of retrospective
0 Remember session timeframe
Exercices:
0 1 Word
0 Weather Report
0 Temperature Reading

25. Gather Data
Goal: Create a shared memory; highlight
pertinent information about the problem,
both facts and feelings.
Exercices:
0 Hot-air ballon
0 Speedboat
0 Proud & Sorry
0 Sprint timeline

26. Generate Insights
Goal: Asking why (examine conditions,
interactions and patterns) and begin to
think what to do differently
Exercices:
0 Force Field Analysis
0 Five Whys
0 Fishbone

27. Decide What to Do
Goal: Generate and prioritize
valuable, clear improvement
actions
Exercices:
0 Dot voting
0 Open the box
0 Circle of questions

28. Close the Retrospective
Goal: Retrospective on the
retrospective
Exercices:
0 Retro dart
0 Take aways
0 One word before leaving

29. Debrief
0 Agile retrospective is a powerful and useful tool
0 Clearly identify good practices and rejoice
0 Go deep to the issues root
0 Brainstorm and decide on improvement actions
0 Plan, Do, Check, Act

30. Thank You!