Stop wasting your time with Retrospectives
summary
Claims that many retrospectives treat symptoms not causes and offers three anti‑patterns: wheel of fortune (vote on obvious symptoms), wrong format choice (too much gamification), and lack of follow‑up. Concrete tools: the five stages model, walk the board, timeline, 5 Whys and circle‑of‑questions. Practical moves: tailor agenda to team stage, alternate facilitators, set 90 minutes for a two‑week sprint when needed, put action items on the sprint board, revisit mid‑sprint and publicize successes so improvements actually happen.
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chapters (23)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:45Introduction
- 3:25Wheel of Fortune
- 8:05The 5 Stages
- 13:30Retrospective
- 15:30Too much gamification
- 16:40Simple retros
- 17:40What makes us pick the wrong format
- 19:45Choosing an agenda
- 20:15Trust building
- 21:35Fixed topics
- 22:55Low Moral
- 25:05Alternating Facilitators
- 26:05Research
- 27:30Potential solutions
- 28:10Lack of following up
- 32:05Visualization
- 32:45Add to Sprint Backlog
- 34:00Revisiting Action Items
- 35:10Rewarding it
- 35:50Gamify it
- 36:40Wrap up
- 38:40Questions
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