![]() This exercise may require a little bit more thought from the participants than the previous ones: describe how you felt during the sprint (or describe how the sprint went) in one word. Draw a smiley / emojiĪnother simple check-in is to ask the participants to draw a smiley (happy face, sad face etc) to describe the sprint. This way, the result becomes a lot more visual, especially if your group is 6 people or more. Make a histogramĪ nice variation of the check-in above comes from the brilliant website Retromat, where you can find lots of good exercises.ĭraw a scale from 1 - 5 on a whiteboard or Flipchart and let the participants create a histogram (bar chart) with their stickies. Nevertheless, this exercise tends to do the job and is sometimes all you need. This is probably the easiest check-in possible: rate the sprint from 1 (“awful”) to 5 (“amazing”) by writing a number on a sticky note. That way, there will be plenty of time for whatever exercise you run after the check-in. You want everyone to get their say but not dive into discussions just yet. The trick as a facilitator is to do your best to move things along. Most of the exercises below follow the same simple format: each participant decide individually how they rate the sprint and then, one by one, reveal their rating, explaining in just a sentence or two why they went for the rating they did. For example, how easy it is to release, how proud are people of the product, how good the quality of the code is, how useful the retrospectives are and so on. I will share my favourites in this article.įor simplicity, I will talk about rating the sprint, but these exercises could just as easily be used to rate something else. Is whatever plan you have for the rest of the retrospective the right one or do you need to do something different?Īs a facilitator, it’s a good idea to have several different check-ins to choose from, so that you can keep your retrospectives varied and interesting. It’s also a really useful tool for you as the facilitator, as a way to assess what’s going on. Not only does it help the group get warmed up and quickly get a feeling for how everyone feels the sprint went. Magnus’ Scrum Master Blog 10 check-in exercises for agile retrospectivesĪ quick check-in exercise is a great way to start a retrospective. 10 check-in exercises for agile retrospectives - Magnus Dahlgren Magnus Dahlgren
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