The Retrospective Handbook (For Lorinda Hartzler)

Are you running retrospectives regularly? Perhaps you run retrospectives once a week, or fortnightly. Do you feel like you could be getting more out of your retrospectives and fuelling continuous improvement in your teams? You may already find retrospectives valuable, but suspect there are ways of making them better.

This book condenses down eight years of experience working with the retrospective practice within the context of real agile teams. It offers you practice advice on how to make your retrospectives even more effective including topics such as:

Best methods to prepare for a retrospective

Picking just the right materials

Facilitating retrospectives with ease

Dealing with common retrospective smells

Retrospectives in different contexts including distributed, large and small groups

A checklist for preparation

Ensuring retrospectives result in change