personal retrospectives (jax london 2014 & w-jax 2014)
DESCRIPTION
Probably everyone has heard of retrospectives. How you to use them to take a look at past events and learn how to improve in the future with your team. But have you ever tried to run a retrospective on your own? I practice “personal retrospective” for some time and would like to tell a bit about my approach, my mistakes and share my experiences. What makes a personal retrospective different from team retrospectives? How can you adapt them to yourself for learning and improving your effectiveness? Which simple ideas can help you get started with “personal retrospectives”?TRANSCRIPT
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PERSONAL RETROSPECTIVES
@JTHOENES #WJAXJohannes Thönes - Developer & Devil’s Advocate [email protected]
WHAT IS A PERSONAL RETROSPECTIVE?
LEARNING
REFLECTION
EXERCISES
WHAT HAPPENED LAST MONTH
Make a list of everything important to you last month. You can look at your calendar, the pictures on your phone or anything else.
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You have 3 minutes.
GATHER DATA
TIMELINE
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
Richard P. Feynman
FEEDBACK
FEEDBACKMIND MAP
WHAT YOU LIKED AND WHAT YOU HATED
Make two lists - one left, one right.
!On the left side write the positive: things you liked, love or admire
!On the right side write the negative: things that made you feel bad
You have 2 minutes
RIGHT QUESTION
FIVE WHYS
GOALS & ACTIONS
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Think of things you can do, to have more of the things on the left (positive) and less of the things on the right (negative). Find as many things you could do as possible. !
You have 2 minutes
CHOOSE
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Time-boxed
I want to learn Haskell.
In three month, I want to be able to write a Twitter clone using idiomatic Haskell. For this I will use Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings.
Specific
Measurable
AchievableRelevant
Time-boxed
48 HOURS
CHOSE A SMART GOAL
From your list pick the most important thing to do. Restructure it to a SMART goal:
• Specific: Are you clear which steps you want to take? • Measurable: How do you measure, when you have achieved it? • Achievable: Do you have enough resources and time to do it? • Relevant: Will it help you improve the thing you want to? • Time-boxed: When do you want to be done?
Make sure, you can start with the goal within the next 48 hours. Also, add the steps to your ToDo list, if you use one.
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You have 2 minutes
RITUAL
MUSIC
LETTER TO MYSELF
WRITE A LETTER TO YOURSELF
Write a letter to yourself summarising your insights and your wishes for the next three month based on what you learned here. !
Ask the person next to you, to send you the letter in three month. !
You have 3 minutes
ADAPT YOUR TOOLS
WHAT IS YOUR WAY?
On personal retrospectives google for:
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Ilias Bartolini
Linda Rising
Pat Kua
Dan Abel
Johannes Thönes
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or read:
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Norman Kerth
HEARTBEAT
DIARY
PLAN