gamifying retrospectives for distributed teams
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Gamifying Retrospectives
for Distributed Teams
Dana Pylayeva
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@DanaPylayeva
Agile Coach,
Scrum Master,
CSM, CSP,
DBA Manager,
Systems Architect,
Java Developer
A Little Bit About Me…
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What’s In This Workshop?
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Welcome To Your New Distributed
Organization.
Set up
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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…
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Retrospectives
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Why Do You Skip
Retrospectives?
Boring
Ineffectiv
e
Waste
of
my
time!
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Time To Go Back to Basics!
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Retrospective Is About Learning
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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!
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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
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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
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Prime Directive
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Not A Witch Hunt!
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Your Turn!
Retrospective
focus:
My First Day at
Agile and Beyond
2015
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Distributed RetrospectiveReal-time
collaboration
in GroupZap
On-site team
members
accessing
GroupZap
from their
laptops
Remote
team
members:
turn you
cameras on!
Video
camera
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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
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Timeline In GroupZap2.Gather Data
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Timeline With Story Cubes
Rory's Story Cubes in real life and on your phone (iOS or Android)
2.Gather Data
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Building a Story Of The Last Sprint,
One Cube At a Time.
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Retrospective In a New York Minute
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yond
Distributed
Retrospective
Simulation.Make sure your seat belt is
securely fastened!
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Your Turn!
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Simulating Distributed Environment
Dearborn Paris
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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
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“Actions Centered” With Google Docs
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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
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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
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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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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/
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• 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
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