The Retrospective workshop is a one day training module that can be either added to any series of agile related trainings or can be conducted as a stand alone training. During this workshop participants will gain better and deeper understanding of the retrospective meeting. Participants shall explore different ways to facilitate a retrospective while understanding pro's and con's of the different styles and activities. This will be achieved by plenty of exercises, simulations and role plays.
Throughout the workshop participants will be able to understand the power of retrospectives through a rolling exercise that will demonstrate the learning and improvement that can be achieved by having efficient retrospectives. Participants will also reflect on the pitfalls of not having frequent and effective retrospectives.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the workshop the participants will be able to :

• Understand the basic framework of a retrospectives.
• Learn different techniques to gather data.
• Learn different techniques to analyze data and generate insights.
• Acquire group facilitation skills and group decision making knowledge.
• Practice different ways of doing retrospectives.
• Get a toolbox for making the most out of retrospectives.
• Get familiar with traps and pitfalls of retrospectives.
• Learn to "smell" problems in retrospectives.

WORKSHOP OUTLINE

• Introduction and expectation matching for the day.
• The retrospective framework.
• Opening the retrospective.
• Gather data - basic activity.
• Gather data - advanced activities.
• Generate insights (Data analysis)
  • 5 why's - experiment with non course example.
  • Thinking hats.
  • Brainstorming
  • Think tank.
• Group decision making techniques.
• closing the retrospective.
• Retrospective traps and pitfalls.
• Retrospective smells.
• Summary.

WORKSHOP LENGTH

The retrospective workshop is a 1 day workshop

GENERAL

This is a general syllabus and in case of an in-house training, it is possible to make the necessary adjustments to make it more appropriate for your organization’s specific needs.