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Re: [scrumdevelopment] Sprint retrospective on Sprint burndown chart?

Interesting idea!

Besides the space problem Jo already mentioned, I could imagine that
another drawback potentially might be a too strong focus on things
that are closely related to the burn chart, at the expense of more
subtle, but important topics.

Anyway, in my experience it's best to vary the format over time,
anyway. Pay close attention to the feedback you get at the end of the
retrospectives, and use that to decide how often to use this format,
I'd suggest.

Thanks for sharing this idea!

Cheers, Ilja



Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:51 am

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Hi, I would be interested in your feedback on the way we do Sprint retrospectives: Instead of putting sticky notes with significant events on a rather abstract...
jofireball Offline Send Email Dec 11, 2008
11:34 pm

... Sounds like a good idea to me. What do you use to draw your burn-downs? If you use something like flip-charts I would imagine you could run out of space...
Joakim Karlsson
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Dec 12, 2008
8:41 am

Interesting idea! Besides the space problem Jo already mentioned, I could imagine that another drawback potentially might be a too strong focus on things that...
Ilja Preuß
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Dec 12, 2008
9:51 am

Thanks for sharing this interesting idea. I'm with Ilja - I try to vary my retrospectives never quite the same thing twice in a row. Cheers Mark ... -- Cheers ...
Mark Levison
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Dec 12, 2008
3:24 pm

Jo - I have to commend you on discovering a great technique! Regardless of how effective it turns out to be, well done on innovating and trying something new. ...
Mike Sutton
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Dec 12, 2008
6:31 pm

Sounds like an interesting idea, but I have a hard time visualizing the whole getup. Could you post a picture or two of what it looks like? Thanks D....
Dmitry Beransky
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Dec 12, 2008
6:56 pm

... I have some pictures of my suggestions if that is what you were asking about Dmitry. Mike...
Mike Sutton
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Dec 14, 2008
12:25 am

Can you post the pictures somewhere? and if you do may I use them in a news post for InfoQ? Cheers Mark ... -- Cheers Mark Levison Blog:...
Mark Levison
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Dec 14, 2008
6:45 pm

Both burn down charts blogged about here... http://agile-blogs.com/agile-coaching/making-your-burn-down-chart-do-more/ cheers mike ...
Mike Sutton
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Dec 15, 2008
12:02 am

I notice that there are quite a few stickers on the burn charts. For a retrospective, I'd typically like there to be a lot more stickers, to get a more...
Ilja Preuß
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Dec 15, 2008
2:42 pm

I can see where you are coming from with your comments and I thought there might be a risk of your fears, but I coached the facilitation of the first...
Mike Sutton
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Dec 15, 2008
9:13 pm

Oh, yes - if this isn't your only activity to gather data about the iteration - or not even your main one - I can easily see that fact addressing my fears. :) ...
Ilja Preuß
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Dec 15, 2008
9:27 pm

oh, and you can use them InfoQ, Mark - cheers Mike ... a news ... scrumdevelopment@yahoogroups.com<scrumdevelopment%40yahoogroups.com>, ... visualizing the ......
Mike Sutton
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Dec 15, 2008
12:03 am

Thank you all for your feedback. - @Joakim: Running out of space could easily happen. Fortunately you can just stick the notes everywhere as the chart itself...
jofireball Offline Send Email Dec 15, 2008
11:10 pm

... try. ... appreciated. ... The space problem is easily resolved. Take the picture (or electronic version) of the burndown and project on the wall or use a...
MacKilby Offline Send Email Dec 29, 2008
11:20 am
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