Session presented by Knowledge21 at XP Conf 2018 on Porto, Portugal.

2. XP CONF 2018
Retro Poker

4. “At regular intervals, the team reflects on
how to become more effective, then tunes
and adjusts its behavior accordingly.”

6. ● Inspect how the last Sprint went with
regards to people, relationships, process, and
tools;
● Identify and order the major items that
went well and potential improvements; and,
● Create a plan for implementing
improvements to the way the Scrum Team
does its work.
Scrum Guide, about
the Retrospective

7. ● Inspect how the last Sprint went with
regards to people, relationships, process, and
tools;
● Identify and order the major items that
went well and potential improvements; and,
● Create a plan for implementing
improvements to the way the Scrum Team
does its work.
Reality about the
Retrospective

9. #FAIL

10. 1 hour of retrospective per week
for a
6 people team
totals
312 hours a year

11. Life is too short to
spend time on useless
retrospective sessions!

12. SCENARIO
Senior deveopers
that hate
meetings
New Senior
developer not
performing as
expected
A lost
dev
intern
Absent
Manager

15. STEP 1: READ THE SCENARIO
- People involved and their personality
- Historical data
- Perceived feelings
- ...
Senior deveopers
that hate
meetings
New Senior
developer not
performing as
expected
A lost
dev
intern
Absent
Manager

16. STEP 2: FIND ENGAGED PEOPLE TO COLLABORATE
or

17. STEP 3: DISCUSS BRIEFLY THE SCENARIO AND CHOOSE
THE SESSION YOU WOULD APPLY TO THAT CONTEXT

18. STEP 4: PLAY YOUR CARDS AND DISCUSS THE RESULTS
- REPEAT AS MANY TIMES AS NECESSARY -

19. STEP 5: SELECT THE ACTIVITY
http://knowledge21.com/blog

20. STEP 5: OR CREATE YOUR OWN! :D

21. THE PAIR COLLABORATION FORMULA
by Knowledge21
the sum of two
individuals
equals one brain
times two
plus the collaboration
between them
squared
by
Rodrigo de Toledo
and Daniel Teixeira
(in memorian)

22. THE COACH WHITEBOARD

23. THE COACH WHITEBOARD

24. THE COACH WHITEBOARD

25. THE COACH WHITEBOARD

27. SCENARIO 2
MOBILE TEAM
IOS
Developer
Backend
Developers
Command
and Control
Manager
Android
Developer
Overloaded
lonely
tester

28. SCENARIO 3
OPS TEAM
● All Senior Developers
● There is something strange on
the relationship between them.
New
Manager

29. by @julibetancur
at #30daysofagilesketch

30. by @julibetancur
at #30daysofagilesketch
others opinion
and point of
view
keep it as
simple as you
can
to expose what
you think
to create and
evolve
retro poker is
about
communication
allowing
collaboration
XP VALUES APPLIED

31. www.knowledge21.com
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/lpsrod/
http://sketchandbeer.com/

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