I like your demo of the tool, however, I have seen this specific tool feed dysfunctional behaviour on teams. Almost the worst way to run a retrospective is to ask the three questions. If they are enshrined in the tool then this creates a constraint towards this as the way that retro should be run. I love Azure DevOps, but I always cringe when I see teams using this tool for more than one sprint!
Again, I would disagree with this. I often found rotating the questions was really beneficial, but this is up to the team/scrum lead to decide this. The tool is something we can leverage, but it's down to the humans to execute, we're often the problem.
Nice idea but I prefer a low tech approach were each person speaks and explains their positive and negative experience and we discuss ideas for actionable improvements. I fear these boards take away the essential human touch.
I would completely disagree with you. The retro board is just a tool to facilitate conversation. You can change the columns and customize what your retro looks like. The best feature is anonymity as most often teams are not always 'safe places' where people feel they can be open and honest. I see every retro I have run bring humans and teams closer together. Especially when working with folks from other cultures. Many cultures don't allow or encourage open and honest communication.
thanks!
How do you set your notification popups to auto-blur whilst screen-sharing?
(Or was that done in video postprocess?)
That was done in editing. Damon didn't have a second screen when recording, otherwise the comms to the team would have been hidden.
I like your demo of the tool, however, I have seen this specific tool feed dysfunctional behaviour on teams.
Almost the worst way to run a retrospective is to ask the three questions. If they are enshrined in the tool then this creates a constraint towards this as the way that retro should be run.
I love Azure DevOps, but I always cringe when I see teams using this tool for more than one sprint!
Again, I would disagree with this. I often found rotating the questions was really beneficial, but this is up to the team/scrum lead to decide this. The tool is something we can leverage, but it's down to the humans to execute, we're often the problem.
Nice idea but I prefer a low tech approach were each person speaks and explains their positive and negative experience and we discuss ideas for actionable improvements. I fear these boards take away the essential human touch.
I would completely disagree with you. The retro board is just a tool to facilitate conversation. You can change the columns and customize what your retro looks like. The best feature is anonymity as most often teams are not always 'safe places' where people feel they can be open and honest. I see every retro I have run bring humans and teams closer together.
Especially when working with folks from other cultures. Many cultures don't allow or encourage open and honest communication.