Retrospectives are much more than sitting down and discussing what went well, what not so well and what we can improve. Doing retrospectices is an art, which – like any art – takes practice.
If you feel yourself in need of some imput to improve your retrospectives, here is a reading list you can use:
Books:
- Agile retrospectives, Making Good Teams Great | Amazon | The Classic
- Project retrospectives | Amazon | Another classic, albeit less famous
- The Retrospective Handbook | Leanpub | Unknown book, but very good actually. Just as valuable for a starting Scrum Master as “Agile Retrospectives’
- Fun Retrospectives | Leanpub | Contains different retro forms
- 50 Quick ideas to improve your retrospectives | Amazon | Offers pretty much what the title says…
Websites:
- http://plans-for-retrospectives.com/
- http://www.funretrospectives.com/
- http://skycoach.be/category/continuous-improvement/
Specific forms:
- The ‘snake on the wall’-form
- The facebook retrospective
- A trello board with different retrospective techniques
- How we do big retrospectives at Spotify
- The ‘dice retrospective’
by Jasper Verdooren
Jasper Verdooren
Agile Coach | Senior Scrum Master | Scrum trainer