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C (1:11)
Hello, everybody.
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Welcome to our success Thursday this week with Junaid Shaikh. Hey, Junaid, welcome back.
C (1:18)
Hello, Osco. Thank you for having me here.
B (1:21)
Absolutely. So, Junaid, Thursday success Thursday. We'll talk about that in a minute. But it's also retrospective day. So tell us, what's your favorite agile retrospective format and why?
C (1:36)
That's a super interesting question, Vasco. I mean, all of the community would be having a lot of thoughts around that, but throughout my experience, I've realized that whatever retrospective format I choose, the core principle remains the same. It's basically what went well, what could have gone better and what to do, what to do better next. Right. So there are hundreds of different formats with different naming conventions, very catchy phrases like, you know, the three Ls, liked, learned, lacked. And then there is this, the three, you know, the three little pics, for example, that my kids view the story on YouTube. They have. Then we have the sailboat, then we have the car. So all of this are good, you know, you know, in the sense of a slight change, but the principle remains the same. So I would go mostly with the plane. What went well, what could have gone better, and what to do better next, it's again about the rhythm. So if you expose your team to a certain format repeatedly, they get much better. So they don't have to try to adjust themselves to the new concept because ultimately the outcome is the same. Of course, it's a lot about, we spoke in the previous days. It's a lot about understanding where the mood of the team is and based on that, exposing that sort of a retrospective to them. So if I have to again summarize this, I've tried many formats and I like the Three Little Pigs, I like the three L's and the vanilla. What went well? What could have gone better on what to do better next? One important, most important component that I would add to any of the format is the appreciation part. You know, people always, you know, in our day to day work, we always focus on the process side of things. What went well, what did not go well, what could have gone better. But that's also a moment to reflect on how another team member or a PO or a Scrum Master helped you during that sprint. So please appreciate that because that builds in the feeling of, you know, trust and respect and openness and appreciation, which feeds into the subsequent sprints.