Course Description, Benefits and Outline:

Agile organizations understand that reflecting on the work helps teams improve their process and product. Retrospectives offer the greatest lever for improvement—based on the solid data of a team’s immediate past experience of success and failure. For best results, smart teams and organizations convene Retrospectives throughout the project and again after delivery.

Attend this two-day interactive workshop and take-away a practical, flexible framework for Agile Retrospectives, as well as increased skill and confidence for sponsoring, designing, and leading Retrospectives. Examine ways to embed retrospectives in your project lifecycle. Gain insight in how to design, lead, modify and scale Retrospectives specifically for your team and organization. Learn techniques for dealing with problems and implementing solutions. Identify ways to maintain the relevance of continuous improvement to the work of your team. Engage in a demonstration retrospective of a short class project.  Collaborate to analyze a team case study then design a retrospective to fit.  Build confidence by planning and leading a segment of the practice retrospective activity.  Receive coaching and individualized feedback on practice facilitation from Diana Larsen, author of Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great!

Day 1

• Introduction to Retrospectives
• Demonstration Project with Retrospective experience
• Introduction to the Flexible Design Framework
• Activity and Design Review and Practice
• Planning a Retrospective with coaching
• 1h “homework”/preparation time before Day 2

Day 2

• Leading Retrospective Practice
• Individual coaching and feedback
• Retrospective Resources for Activities and Design Ideas
• Clinic for Continuous Retrospective Improvement

Audience:

Product, program and project managers, V.P.’s and Directors of development; development team leaders, team coaches, and team members; facilitators, moderators, organization development and QA professionals; anyone interested in improving project performance and teamwork.

About the Expert Instructor:

Diana Larsen co-authored Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great! As a consultant with FutureWorks Consulting, she collaborates with leaders and teams in the software industry to create work processes where innovation, inspiration and imagination flourish. With more than 15 years of experience working with technical professionals, Diana brings focus to the human side of organizations, teams and projects. She activates her clients’ capability for shaping an environment for productive teams and thriving in times of change.  Active in the Agile Alliance and as a conference speaker, Diana publishes articles and writes blog posts at Partnerships and Possibilities.

Duration: 2 days. Both days from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.

Price: 11.500 DKK pr. person excl. VAT