What do you think?
People have recently questioned the benefit of retrospectives.
Each and every one of us wants to improve our on the job performance. Retrospectives are a technique intended to improve individual and team performance each and every sprint.
Numerous studies and experts agree that retrospectives are beneficial when executed well. Reflecting on how to become more effective and tuning behavior to maximize effectiveness is so important that the originators of agile development list it as one of the twelve principles behind the agile manifesto.
As a group, we have committed to following agile development through the scrum process. Retrospectives are part of the process – obviously one that we all need to get better at.
Management promises to allow time to work on retrospective items during sprints in return for your willingness to hold retrospective and your commitment to work with us on improving efficiency/quality/delivery.
Management also realizes that retrospectives are not easy. It’s no simple task ferret out good retrospective items and put them in a form that can be actionable. We commit to providing , upon request, retrospective coaching for individuals or groups, and share examples of good and bad retrospective items.
Retrospectives are a good way to improve our daily work lives (and who doesn’t want that). If the retrospective technique needs some tuning, let’s work together on it. It will eventually benefit us all.
