Agile Initiatives Blog
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Star Wars Retrospective: Scrum Team Values COVID-19 style
This retrospective has been adapted for complete virtual/ remote use since most of the world is still working from home in May 2020. This is a great Retrospective to help your team grow stronger as a team, remind them what the Scrum values are; openness, respect,...
Cinco de Mayo Openness Retrospective COVID-19 style
I made a few adjustments to this Retrospective since this year most of the world is still in work from home mode. This one is completely remote/virtual friendly. When your team needs to be reminded that they are part of a bigger picture than just themselves or when...
Hidden Figures – Empiricism Retrospective
WHO: Does your team resist measuring things, or do they only want to share the good and hide the rest? Do they complain about having to measure anything or think that if they do they will loose sight of customer needs, pain points, the product and/or get lost in all...
Christmas Retrospective: Year End Review and Goal Setting
This Retrospective is perfect for teams just starting out and those experienced with Agile/ Scrum as well as everyone in between. It is a great time to share some Christmas/Holiday themed snacks (here is a great board of ideas), and take stock of the past year while...
Big Bang Theory Retrospective: Helping your team create a Working Agreement
Have you ever considered how Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory could help your team to create a working agreement? Particularly one that is thorough but not too detailed? Does your team even have a working agreement? If yes, have they taken a few minutes in the last...
Scrum Success Story: Fail Fast, Learn Faster, Innovate!
One of the many benefits of Agile is the concept "fail fast, learn faster, Innovate". There are two things I particularly like about it. Did you ever have a teacher that said, "there is no such thing as a stupid question"? I did, and I tend to agree, even though I do...
Cinco de Mayo Retrospective: Openness, Ripple Effects, and Impossible Odds
Help your team understand openness, identify ripple effects and their effects, and impossible odds.
Fast & Furious Retrospective: Assumptions
This retrospective was created to use when you notice your team working off of assumptions particularly with their attitudes and impacting their decisions. It is helpful during buy-outs, mergers, company structure changes, or any time lots of rumors and speculation...
Star Wars Retrospective: Scrum Team Values
This is a great Retrospective to help your team grow stronger as a team, remind them what the Scrum values are; openness, respect, commitment, focus, and courage, and help the team see those scrum team values in practice in the world around them, with the end goal...
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