The Retrospective Handbook: A guide for agile teams
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (837 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00916BRVU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 491 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mike Gaffney said Good starter book for a retrospective facillitator. This book breaks down the nuts and bolts of running a retrospective, sometimes to a rediculous level. For instance there is a section on doing outdoor retrospectives that reminds you to bring sunscreen and umbrellas. It also spends an entire chapter explaining how to run remote retrospectives, almost to a roberts rules of order level. These things are helpful if you need them. For someone who needs to get going hosting a retrospective this book will te. Good practical overview how to run retrospectives This book provides a great overview of how to run good retrospectives and meetings in general. While all the recommendations and tips on there are very apt and useful I've found it a bit too practical and general. Most chapters are applicable to any form of meeting (which is good) but I would have loved a deeper dive into the psychological challenges and things to look out for with retrospectives.
It offers you practice advice on how to make your retrospectives even more effective including topics such as:- Best methods to prepare for a retrospective- Picking just the right materials- Facilitating retrospectives with ease- Dealing with common retrospective smells- Retrospectives in different contexts including distributed, large and small groups- A checklist for preparation- Ensuring retrospectives result in change. Are you running retrospectives regularly? Perhaps you run retrospectives once a week, or fortnightly. Do you feel like you could be getting more out of your retrospectives and fuelling continuous improvement in your teams? You may already find retrospectives valuable, but suspect there are ways of making them better.This book condenses down eight years of experience working with the retrospective practice within the context of real agile teams