Retrospectives can be the most fun events. In this presentation I give you some ideas what you can do to spice your retrospectives up.

1. Retrospectives – The most
boring meetings ever

3. The Retro Challenge

4. Motivate
people and
keep them
engaged

5. What prevents them?
them?
• Repetition
Boring Retros
• Same problems
No effect

6. What can we do
about it?

7. It‘s all about
the fun!

8. But how?

10. Retrospective Cookies
retrospectivecookies.com

12. Change the
location

13. The power of metaphors

14. Soccer Retrospective

15. • Imagine your last
sprint was a soccer
match of 90 minutes
• Create a live ticker
of this match
• Only use soccer
terms

16. What soccer
terms come
into your
mind?

17. Next steps…
• Game Analysis
• Prepare for
the next match

18. The Recipe

19. What‘s
your
recipe for
a perfect
sprint?

20. What steps
or ingredients
were missing
in your last
sprint?

21. Two metaphor tips…
• Create a list of
metaphor terms
before you start
• Don‘t leave your
metaphor!

22. Possible benefits of using metaphors
• Think outside of
the box
• New, creative ideas
Fun!

23. Wrap-up
1.Fun is the corner stone of a
successful retrospective
2.Change the location continuously
3.Create your own metaphors

24. Thanks for your
attention

25. Contact
Marc Löffler
Email: marc.loeffler@spoonique.de
Twitter: @scrumphony or
@spoonique

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