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Being Agile: Eleven Breakthrough Techniques to Keep You from “Waterfalling Backward”
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Being Agile: Eleven Breakthrough Techniques to Keep You from “Waterfalling Backward”

by Leslie Ekas, Scott Will
October 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
224 pages
7h 58m
English
IBM Press
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Reflections

I pointed out earlier in this chapter that one of the principles of the Agile Manifesto was “At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.”7 Given this, it should come as no surprise that these meetings that take place at “regular intervals” are called “reflections.” (You may have heard them called “retrospectives” elsewhere—I view the two terms as synonymous.) I recommend that these “regular intervals” should occur at the end of every iteration. Here’s how I suggest a team conduct a reflection meeting.

7. See: http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html

First, it’s not a gripe session. Yes, people love to complain and, at times, it can even be cathartic to ...

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