Architectural Retrospectives vs. Architectural Reviews: Wondering about the difference?
Architectural Retrospectives - help teams to improve their way of working
Architectural Reviews - help teams to improve the product on which they are working
Read the #InfoQ article by Pierre Pureur & Kurt Bittner to gain more insights: https://bit.ly/3LYe7Di
Struggling with ineffective #retrospectives?
Listen to the #InfoQ #podcast for tips on creating engaging, safe & actionable sessions.
Listen now: https://bit.ly/3WQPwqK
Aren't #retrospectives just a fluffy, fuzzy event in #Scrum?
And *everyone* needs to attend, of course!
No, of course not!
I was trying to be funny 
AND get your attention. 
Now that I am having it, here's one thing I am totally serious about:
your inner #stance as a #retrospective #facilitator matters
The 5 stances in a nutshell are:
Be a host
Be clear with others
Be clear with yourself
Be prepared (to be surprised)
Be-lieve
Read more here: https://www.respectandadapt.rocks/blog/facilitation/retrospective-basics-stances
Does #Variety have a place in #Retrospectives?
Yes, of course!
But: what is THE RIGHT amount of variety? 
Well, it depends!
(sorry, I had to add this consultant's joke here)
Now, let's get serious again:
We can look at variety in the #timeframe 
, with #people 
and when it comes to choosing #activities.
Read more here: https://www.respectandadapt.rocks/blog/facilitation/retrospective-basics-variety
Who likes #continuousImprovement but doesn't like meetings that waste #teams time? Consider “Stop Wasting Time on Ineffective #Retrospectives” video. And watch for the upcoming release of #AgileRetrospectives 2nd edtion book. Til then, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mPwWjoII20
Do we have to do these strange #retrospectives today?
Here is one that I wrote 10 years ago, "How one simple thing changed my life" https://kimharding.net/blog/how-one-simple-thing-changed-my-life/
The effect of that change is on going...
#Gratitude #journaling "done right" - How to use retrospection in favour of your brain
https://businessjournaling.substack.com/p/gratitude-journaling-done-right
If you enjoy such things, most of the sessions at #oredev2023 were recorded and will be posted (YouTube maybe?) online for your delectation. Including the session & keynote I presented. #Retrospectives #LeadWithoutBlame
“We learn, we change. With that we learn what else there is to learn and the cycle continues.” - @DianaOfPortland
Once you learn something you change forever; you can’t really go back.
Want to know the story of Sam, a very busy team manager?
Read: #Gratitude #journaling "done right" - How to use retrospection in favour of your brain
https://businessjournaling.substack.com/p/gratitude-journaling-done-right/
When the least productive team (assessed in outcomes, qualitatively, supported by snapshot of numbers) says they are more productive when they do *less retrospectives*, it is clear they don't understand what #retrospectives are. They are an investment of time for improvement conversation and they lose out so much when they treat it as if it was a ceremony forced upon them.
A new Substack post on #BusinessJournaling is out:
#Gratitude #journaling "done right" - How to use retrospection in favour of your brain
https://businessjournaling.substack.com/p/gratitude-journaling-done-right
@brejoc “We want to get to a state of continuous and sustainable delivery!” Absolutely! And short (micro), medium & long #retrospectives help to recognize what, when, & how feedback can help to achieve that. #insightful #post
Interesting shows the use of anecdotes in #retrospectives - [R]Evolutionize Your Retrospectives with Active Sensemaking https://www.infoq.com/articles/retrospectives-active-sensemaking/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=culture-methods&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_content=05232023 - strong correlation with the end of "Victorious and Hierarchical: ..." https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher-To-4/publication/357442515_Victorious_and_Hierarchical_Past_Performance_as_a_Determinant_of_Team_Hierarchical_Differentiation/links/63137598acd814437ffe44a1/Victorious-and-Hierarchical-Past-Performance-as-a-Determinant-of-Team-Hierarchical-Differentiation.pdf?origin=publication_detail to combat the emergence of hierarchy: manage attributions for success, research on after-event reviews (AERs.) Teams that use AERs tend to develop richer mental models of how teamwork impact performance outcomes and develop more specific attr for performance
thanks to @derchristian for telling me and @maren that this #retromat mega board exists: https://retromat.org/blog/retromat-miroboard-mega-template/
kudos for creating it to @CorinnaBaldauf
its proprietary, but helpfull.
not @librescrum
#scrum #agile #retrospectives
There are several #AntiPatterns that can occur during #Retrospectives and undermine their effectiveness (e.g., Blame game; No action taken; Lack of participation; Not staying focused; Same problems discussed repeatedly, etc.) It is important to recognize and avoid these anti-patterns in order to make the most of the Retrospective and continuously improve #teamwork. https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/using-prime-directive-avoid-retrospective-witch-hunts #Collaboration #Facilitation via #Scrum
@jchyip “Yes, and be very strict about retrospectives/post-mortems being about learning, not celebration.” So true. Which doesn’t mean (I hope) that a retrospective couldn’t focus in an #AppreciativeInquiry way on how to grow and expand effective work. Celebrating is fine, and a different activity. #Retrospectives are for learning, growing understanding, and applying what we learned.
#Retrospectives : a waste of time for développera who should be developing instead of sitting in a room talking. Did you ever met such comment management ? How did you demonstrate its value ? (In a context with no #scrum nor scrumaster) #productmanagement
), less so on the _things_ - It's been great! I've written about our process on 
