Chapter 2 Prime Directive Ignorance

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. . . in which the team members ignore the Prime Directive—“Regardless of what we discover, we understand and truly believe that everyone did the best job they could, given what they knew at the time, their skills and abilities, the resources available, and the situation at hand” (Kerth 2001)—because they find it ridiculous, and the facilitator reminds them how important this mindset is for a successful retrospective

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For her next retrospective, Sarah has done her homework. She has read not only Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great (Larsen & Derby 2006) but also Project Retrospectives: A ...

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