Retrospective Anti-Patterns
summary
Seven retrospective anti‑patterns are named and diagnosed with concrete fixes: Prime Directive Ignorance causes blame instead of system fixes; The Wheel of Fortune repeats symptoms because teams jump to surface solutions; Death by Postponement hoards issues until retros and delays fixes. Practical remedies include a real‑time timeline, timeline + five whys or fishbone to find causes, rotating or external facilitators, explicit voting and written action items, setting the stage in a circle, and summarizing decisions so actions actually happen.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:13Goals with this talk
- 2:59Retrospective Antipatterns
- 4:41Anti-patterns
- 5:02The Blob
- 5:33Titanic A/S - reliable navigation software
- 6:37Sarah facilitates her first retrospective
- 9:01Prime Directive Ignorance
- 11:05The next retrospective
- 13:36The wheel of Fortune
- 18:04Jim says to Robert
- 18:35Decorated Visitor Honeypot
- 22:59The Design Pattern Book
- 24:11Death by Postponement
- 27:03Let's get it over with
- 29:11But how is Robert doing..?
- 32:38Week 8 - 10
- 33:48In the soup
- 36:53DIY Retrospectives
- 40:59What happened to Robert and Sarah ?
- 42:13Extra subjects
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