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Fresh Ideas for Retrospectives??
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Hi,I have been doing retrospectives now for a good year or so, and find that I constantly require new ideas for retrospectives to keep things exciting. I have acquired Agile Retrospectives (Esther…Continue

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Started this discussion. Last reply by Urs Enzler Jan 13, 2010.

 

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Urs Enzler replied to Lisa van Aswegen's discussion 'Fresh Ideas for Retrospectives??'
Counter-question: do you really need that much change? I'm asking because we do retrospectives for about 2 years on my team and we normally use the same structure for the retrospective. Our benefit is that we have very productive retrospectives…
Jan 13, 2010
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Lisa van Aswegen replied to Doug Sigmon's discussion 'Agile Project Management Software'
Hi Andy, We tried VersionOne for 3 months and found it cumbersome. Doesn't have nearly as much functionality as Scrumworks. Hope that helps.
Jan 13, 2010
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Lisa van Aswegen replied to Lisa van Aswegen's discussion 'Fresh Ideas for Retrospectives??'
LOL - thanks that was a fun read. Sounds similar to what I did at the pub - I share the same problem...the one about not writing down the suggestions before we left... :-)
Jan 12, 2010
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Ilja Preuß replied to Lisa van Aswegen's discussion 'Fresh Ideas for Retrospectives??'
In my experience, you can do a more casual, but still quite valuable retrospective in a pub, if you adjust the exercises to the circumstances. I once did one where all that was needed was a bunch of pens and index cards. I wrote it down here:…
Jan 12, 2010
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Lisa van Aswegen replied to Lisa van Aswegen's discussion 'Fresh Ideas for Retrospectives??'
Hi John, Thanks for this - I did try after a few retros, but found that it got so rowdy that we didn't really achieve what we needed to. All the team members did prefer being out the office, but like I said, was just a casual drinks afternoon…
Jan 12, 2010
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John Reber replied to Lisa van Aswegen's discussion 'Fresh Ideas for Retrospectives??'
Run them down the pub/bar/cafe/starbucks. Apologies if this sounds like a flippant response but you'll be amazed what a change in environment can bring to your retrospectives.
Jan 12, 2010
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Lisa van Aswegen replied to Lisa van Aswegen's discussion 'Fresh Ideas for Retrospectives??'
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, there is no one else who can run these, but thanks for the suggestion. :-)
Jan 12, 2010
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Lisa van Aswegen replied to Lisa van Aswegen's discussion 'Fresh Ideas for Retrospectives??'
Thanks so much - really useful. :-)
Jan 12, 2010
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Kym Phillpotts replied to Lisa van Aswegen's discussion 'Fresh Ideas for Retrospectives??'
Maybe useful: http://theagileleap.blogspot.com/2009/04/retrospective-agenda-high-performing.html Have you considered rotating who "runs" the retrospective. In my opinion, running the retrospective is really about just being a…
Jan 11, 2010
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Ilja Preuß replied to Lisa van Aswegen's discussion 'Fresh Ideas for Retrospectives??'
Take a look at http://delicious.com/ipreuss/retrospectives+exercise
Jan 11, 2010
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Fresh Ideas for Retrospectives??

Hi,I have been doing retrospectives now for a good year or so, and find that I constantly require new ideas for retrospectives to keep things exciting. I have acquired Agile Retrospectives (Esther Derby & Diana Larsen) and have used many of the excercises from the book, which have worked really well, but in keeping with adapting and improving, I would really like to know if there are other books or sites which have more exercises I can use for the retrospectives.Any help would be…See More
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Lisa van Aswegen replied to Doug Sigmon's discussion 'Agile Project Management Software'
Hi, We use Scrumworks. We have 2 teams which are locally based and 3 teams in India. We find that Scrumworks is a real-time Scrum / Agile tool which has served our needs for over a year. See http://www.danube.com/ BTW, the web reports are also…
Jan 11, 2010
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