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Category Archives: retrospective
Well-Organized and Run Retrospectives Are Not a Nuisance
Jurgen wrote Lesson Learned: Automate Project Evaluations a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been trying to find a nice way to explain that no, Jurgen is wrong. I can’t do it. Jurgen, You are WRONG. If anyone here is doing … Continue reading
Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great
Want to save time on your next project? Improve working relationships? Understand what contributed to your success–or what didn’t? You’ll need a retrospective to do these things, and if you want a great retrospective, you’ll buy a copy of … Continue reading
Beware of Blaming and Judgmental Facilitators
I’ve been thinking about project retrospectives. Too few project teams participate in end-of-the-project retrospectives, and to few managers arrange for them. My clients seem concerned by the price of an outside facilitator and the cost in time to the … Continue reading
Seeing What’s Going On
Clarke Ching’s post, Functional Blindess, reminded me to post the ways I know about how to see the current state in a project or in an organization. For projects: Ask to see a demo. Can you see anything at … Continue reading
Looking Back at One Year of Blogging
I’ve been at this now for a year, and here’s my mini-retrospective on my blogging: What did I do well that I don’t want to forget? I learned that even a small entry that helps me to think more is … Continue reading
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Create Rituals for Endings
I just returned from my younger daughter’s fifth grade graduation. (For those of you without children, sixth grade is now part of middle school.) It was lovely, and reminded me of how important it is for us to have … Continue reading
