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Gamifying Retrospectives
for Distributed Teams
Dana Pylayeva
@DanaPylayeva
Agile Coach,
Scrum Master,
CSM, CSP,
DBA Manager,
Systems Architect,
Java Developer
A Little Bit About Me…
What’s In This Workshop?
Welcome To Your New Distributed
Organization.
Set up
Distributed Team Challenges
Fear of Conflict
Absence of Trust
Lack of Commitment
Avoidance of
accountability.
Inattention
to Results
“The Five Dysfunctions of a Team ” Patrick Lencioni
Lack of
face to face
communication
…
Different culture,
different time
zones…
Retrospectives
Why Do You Skip
Retrospectives?
Boring
Ineffectiv
e
Waste
of
my
time!
Time To Go Back to Basics!
Retrospective Is About Learning
Retrospective Quiz. Who Is Invited?Scrum Team
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Development Manager
Business Stakeholders
CTO
Face Painting Artist
All of the above
None of the above
Keep the Managers Out!
Framework for effective
retrospectives
Set the Stage
Gather Data
Generate Insights
Decide What To Do Close
Based on “Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams
Great” Esther Derby, Diana Larsen
Retrospective Framework
Goal:
Establish a safe container, ensure participation, get everyone’s voice heard in
the first 5 min.
Activities:
1. Check in: your feelings in 1 word.
2. ESVP check in
3. Review working agreements.
1.Set the Stage
Prime Directive
13
Not A Witch Hunt!
Your Turn!
Retrospective
focus:
My First Day at
Agile and Beyond
2015
Distributed RetrospectiveReal-time
collaboration
in GroupZap
On-site team
members
accessing
GroupZap
from their
laptops
Remote
team
members:
turn you
cameras on!
Video
camera
Retrospective Framework2.Gather Data
Goal: Build a shared context.
Without it people are working from a narrow set of data – their own.
Activities:
1. Build a timeline with data
2. Feelings (Emotion seismograph or labels with emotions)
3. Mad/Sad/Glad
Major Events
During
the Last Spring
Timeline In GroupZap2.Gather Data
Timeline With Story Cubes
Rory's Story Cubes in real life and on your phone (iOS or Android)
2.Gather Data
Building a Story Of The Last Sprint,
One Cube At a Time.
Retrospective In a New York Minute
yond
Distributed
Retrospective
Simulation.Make sure your seat belt is
securely fastened!
Your Turn!
Simulating Distributed Environment
Dearborn Paris
Retrospective Framework3.Generate Insights
Goal: Figure out
what all this information means
Activities:
1. Many options:
- Learning Matrix
- 4L, 3H..
- Actions Centered2. Route Cause Analysis
- Fishbone diagram
- 5 Whys
“Actions Centered” With Google Docs
Retrospective Framework4.Decide
What To Do
Goal: Focus the team on the items that
can be addressed in the immediate
future.
Activities:
1. Dot Voting
2. SMART goals
3. Circles and Soup
Retrospective Framework5.Close
Goal: Access effectiveness of
retrospective. Seek
feedback on the
retrospective itself.
Activities:
1. +/- /Delta
2. 3H
3. ROTI (return on time invested)
4. Appreciation
An Alternative – Six Thinking Hats
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Framing The Hats:
Set the Stage
Gather Data
Generate Insights
Decide What To
Do
Action/
Close
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Photo credits
Get Inspired
• www.plans-for-
retrospectives.com
• www.agileforall.com/2014/08/a
gile-retrospective-resources
• http://www.gogamestorm.com/
• www.innovationgames.com
• http://www.innovationgames.c
om/2014/06/how-to-run-huge-
retrospectives/
• GoogleDoc (check out a template by Ilio Krumins-Beens & Terrence McGovern
http://www.iliokb.com/2013/02/facilitating-retrospectives-with-remote.html)
• GroupZap
http://groupzap.com/
• Padlet
https://padlet.com/
• Lino
http://www.linoit.com
Tools for Distributed Retrospectives:
Rory’s Story Cubes:
https://www.storycubes.com/
apps
Thank You For Playing Along!
Join me, NYC Scrum User Group
and our awesome speakers
June 1, 2015 at
Special discount to all
Agile and Beyond attendees:
15% off with AAB15 discount code
http://www.bit.ly/RegisterScrumNYC