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Cinco de Mayo Openness Retrospective COVID-19 style

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

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...

Scrum Success Story: Fail Fast, Learn Faster, Innovate!

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...

Fast & Furious Retrospective: Assumptions

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

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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