By Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber
First Edition
July 2006
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Pages: 200
ISBN 10: 0-9776166-4-9 |
ISBN 13: 9780977616640
(Average of 1 Customer Reviews)
Project retrospectives help teams examine what went right and what went wrong on a project. But traditionally, retrospectives (also known as "post-mortems") are only helpful at the end of the project--too late to help. You need agile retrospectives that are iterative and incremental. You need to accurately find and fix problems to help the team today.
Now, Derby and Larsen show you the tools, tricks, and tips you need to fix the problems you face on a software development project on an on-going basis. You'll see how to architect retrospectives in general, how to design them specifically for your team and organization, how to run them effectively, how to make the needed changes, and how to scale these techniques up. You'll learn how to deal with problems, and implement solutions effectively throughout the project--not just at the end.
With regular tune-ups, your team will hum like a precise, world-class orchestra.
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Project retrospectives help teams examine what went right and what went wrong on a project. But traditionally, retrospectives (also known as "post-mortems") are only helpful at the end of the project--too late to help. You need agile retrospectives that are iterative and incremental. You need to accurately find and fix problems to help the team today.
Now, Derby and Larsen show you the tools, tricks, and tips you need to fix the problems you face on a software development project on an on-going basis. You'll see how to architect retrospectives in general, how to design them specifically for your team and organization, how to run them effectively, how to make the needed changes, and how to scale these techniques up. You'll learn how to deal with problems, and implement solutions effectively throughout the project--not just at the end.
With regular tune-ups, your team will hum like a precise, world-class orchestra.
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excellent - packed with ideas, February 28 2007
Agile Retrospectives is well organized around process stages, how-to tips, on modifying the process for your team, managing time and the group dynamic and retrospective activities. It's concise, with many useful examples. Packed with ideas.
I started out reading someone else's copy, but bought one for myself since it's such a great reference. I was so impressed I also picked up a "Behind Closed Doors", a management book Ester Derby co-wrote with Johanna Rothman. Both of these will be beneficial to my organization.
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