SCRUM: A Story of Transformation: A Go-To Guide To Start Your Agile Journey by Yitmen Mehmet

Author:Yitmen, Mehmet [Yitmen, Mehmet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

The First Sprint Retrospective Event

H akan asked the team to relax. They would evaluate the first Sprint in the one-and-a-half-hour timebox ahead and then make decisions about what they could do at the next Sprint to increase overall performance.

They had to place the current Sprint under the spotlight, transparently identifying all the elements that had gone both well and badly in the Sprint alongside each event on the table. Afterwards, they would need to discuss which actions to take to solve the problems they had encountered. Their goal would be to come up with as many actions as possible that could help them improve and to decide which of these actions needed to be put into immediate practice in the next Sprint.

Hakan asked everyone in the room to think about what went well in the first Sprint. He stood beside the board, ready to take notes.

As the team was not at the point they had hoped to be by the end of the Sprint, they had trouble finding anything that they felt had gone well. Alex said: "We couldn't keep our promise; in fact, we couldn't even come close to it." The rest of the team agreed. Hakan needed to lead the way in freeing the team from emotional thinking in order to create the right environment in which to explicitly discuss the facts. In order to help the team focus, he needed to shake them out of their negative mindset: "We've begun to use the Scrum framework, which is a positive step. We need to focus on where we’re going rather than dwelling on problems.”

This advice from the Scrum Master paved the way for the team to look forward to the next Sprint. Kieran noticed the strong communication within the team. As they sat around the table, everyone was communicating animatedly with one another. They were sharing their distress, but the fact that the team was unified in confronting problems and helping each other find solutions was a positive sign.

Johanna told the team that she could see that they were taking ownership of the project and that she was very pleased with their progress. If their ownership continued at the same rate, the team would easily overcome their problems and produce the desired outcome. With contributions from all team members, they discussed several other observations about their first Sprint. The team was now able to clearly see that they had actually achieved a number of positive results during the Sprint, and this awareness gave them extra motivation.

After discussing some of the positives about their first Sprint, Hakan asked the team to look at the issues from a different angle. It was time to explore what hadn’t gone well. Doing so would allow them to make further improvements and complete a clear assessment of problem areas. This time, the team was able to sort through the items more quickly. As the Sprint hadn’t gone the way they had expected, it was easy to discuss their problems. Hakan noted all the items highlighted by the team on the board.

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