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Corinna's Guide to Facilitating Retrospectives

For Beginners

New to retros? Let's pretend that Corinna is supposed to teach you how to facilitate effective retrospectives. Learn how the creator of Retromat does it and how to adapt things to fit your own context.

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An opinionated introduction to retrospectives, detailing Corinna Baldauf's real-life approach to planning, facilitating and following up on retrospectives.

She'll show you the ropes as if you were her new colleague – complete with pointers on how to adapt everything to fit your own context.

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Corinna Baldauf

Corinna Baldauf is the creator of Retromat.org and Wall-Skills.com. She is a seasoned practioner of Agile and Lean, a facilitator, writer and solution-focussed coach.

Contents

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Intro

What is a retrospective?

Lean Coffee, my beloved

  1. Timeboxed Lean Coffee
  2. Here’s how it works:
  3. Side Note on Turn Taking

Best Retrospective for Beginners

  1. The actual plan

My Inner Loop, or: Phases are not always linear

The Ground Rules for Retrospectives

  1. Prime Directive
  2. Vegas Rule

How I plan a retrospective: Picking activities

How I plan a retrospective: Other factors

Co-located Retros – Preparing the room and materials

Remote Retros – What’s different?

During the retrospective – The actual facilitation

Why do we do retrospectives?

  1. 1) Shared Understanding and 2) Change

How to craft good Action Items

Following up on Action Items – A New Phase 2

Why vary activities?

What’s up with the team right now? – Tuckman (and Glasl)

What kind of questions do you ask?

Smoother Retrospectives with a Kick-Off

Other Resources

Farewell

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