Valuable Agile Retrospectives are coming to Czech Republic! On December 1 I'm giving my successful workshop Valuable Agile Retrospectives in Kladno (near Prague). There are some seats left for this workshop. Don't wait too long; register yourself on the Aguarra Agile Center of Excellence website.
If you want your retrospectives to be valuable you have to make retrospective actions stick. Effective retrospectives have lasting impact in organizations, they lead to changed behavior that sticks without any reinforcement. Having a diverse and multidisciplinary team helps to make retrospective actions stick.
Are you looking for interesting and useful books about Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Continuous Improvement? Over the years I've read many books on these topics. A collection of great books is available on my Recommended Books page.
A new bundle has been released on Leanpub: Retrospectivas ágiles. It contains three great books on Agile Retrospectives in Spanish which can now be bought with a fabulous discount.
The first version of the Greek edition of our Agile Retrospectives book, Αποκομίζοντας αξία από τα Agile Retrospectives, has been released on Leanpub. This version contains eleven chapters and includes two retrospective exercises. It's the official translation of our successful book Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives.
Het einde van het jaar nadert. In veel organisaties is dat de tijd waarin de beoordelingsgesprekken worden gedaan. Ondanks de tijd en energie die er in beoordelingen geïnvesteerd wordt en de goede bedoeling leveren ze vaak maar weinig op. En als een organisatie agile gaat werken dan werkt een klassieke manier van beoordelen dat juist tegen. Het is tijd voor een betere aanpak: continue feedback.
Vandaag is de paperback editie van Agile in de Echte Wereld - Starten met Scrum gepubliceerd. Het boek bevat een hoofdstuk wat Derk-Jan de Grood en ik samen geschreven hebben: Agile Retrospectives – Het geeft niet als er iets fout gaat.
Non-verbal exercises can be used in agile retrospectives to "hear" from introverts and involve people who find it difficult to speak up in groups.
Agile retrospectives can be done in many different way, the Many Faces of Jack Sparrow is one example how to do them. I love it when people design new exercises that help people to reflect and learn, specially those exercises that help to explore and discuss feelings in teams. Here's a guest blog post on BenLinders.com from Corey Scholefield and Selina McGinnis in which they share their experiences from doing a retrospective exercise called Many Faces of Jack Sparrow.
The Polish and Russian editions of my successful book Getting Value out of Agile Retrospectives are now available in my webshop. With these additions the webshop now provides nine languages editions of my book with retrospective exercises.
Silver bullets bestaan niet in softwareontwikkeling. Effectieve softwareteams bepalen zelf hoe ze hun werk doen, passen zich continu aan en verbeteren zichzelf. Continue verbetering is ingebed in de Agile-mindset en -principes en helpt zo om de flexibiliteit in bedrijven te verhogen en meer waarde te leveren.
A good facilitator support teams in doing analysis, reflection and deciding on the actions. An independent facilitator doesn't not have an own agenda of improvements, but is focused on helping teams decide on those actions that are best for the team.