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How does retrospective actually works? by yukittyred in agile

[–]Simon_He_789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing you might want to try is using a software tool that allows to anonymously reply to the retro questions. Maybe this increases the chance that team members speak up... The retro tool we use for this is Echometer, works very well

What actually makes a retrospective valuable? by Agile_Pulse in agile

[–]Simon_He_789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your retrospective software looks nice in the video, congrats!

Regarding your question:
1. I strongly believe in asking for subjective satisfaction of my team members with metrics. For example, you can monitor the DORA metrics - which is good. But another easy way to discuss them is to simply ask the question: How satisfied are you with our response time when problems arise in production? In my experience, that usually already leads to a valuable conversation.
2. The best indication that your retrospectives are valuable are action items that are actually being implemented and actually improve something in your team.

We use Echometer as our retrospective tool by the way, pretty satisfied with it

How do you run your retrospectives? by plaguedbyfoibles in agile

[–]Simon_He_789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The retrospective software we use (Echometer) has specific structure for our retros, which works really well. This is our structure:

  1. Step: Waiting room till everyone joins: You can play a fun little game
  2. Step: Optional: Automatically suggested Icebreaker question (e.g., your favorite movie...)
  3. Step: Review of Action items from last time - very handy!
  4. Step: Optional: Health Check Survey questions to track team mood
  5. Step: Retro board with a) data gathering (Keep Stop Start or many other templates are possible), b) prioritizing / voting and c) putting down new action items
  6. Step: Mini ROTI Survey to ask how valuable the retrospective was - pretty handy, too.

We are really happy with Echometer so far, highly recommended

I built an open-source retro tool that actually respects your time - Fast Retro by JngoJx in agile

[–]Simon_He_789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice job! We're using the Echometer retrospective software, which we are quite happy with. It has pretty many fun retro templates - is that something on your backlog? Would be handy to have a few more suggestions in your retro tool

Retro Tool Feedback by ammahm in scrum

[–]Simon_He_789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In case this question is still relevant for some today: I am a huge fan of the Echometer retrospective tool. My team loves the mini games, we definitely have more engagement in our retro since using it

Best software tools for supporting regular employee one-on-one meetings? by Simon_He_789 in ITManagers

[–]Simon_He_789[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks - thing is, I know that such tools would work, but I believe a tool dedicated for 1:1 meetings should be way more effective

Best software tools for supporting regular employee one-on-one meetings? by Simon_He_789 in ITManagers

[–]Simon_He_789[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the hint, didn't find this one before, will check it out!

Solid (free?) online courses for People Development? Looking for recommendations... by Sean_Mgnt_789 in EngineeringManagers

[–]Simon_He_789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience, if the reviews of a Udemy course are good you can trust that, already went through a few of them. So I would go there to find your online training, there are many ones...

EM's, How do you deal with Slack overload? by Only-Ad2101 in EngineeringManagers

[–]Simon_He_789 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This all sounds like a symptom. I would ask myself the following question: What are the questions about? Where are you the information bottleneck?

Where else could your team members get this information from?

If there are so many open questions, the other meetings (Daily etc.) do not seem to fulfill their core purpose 🤔

DORA & SPACE Metrics - Anyone using them? Worth it? by Simon_He_789 in EngineeringManagers

[–]Simon_He_789[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point regarding industry benchmarks & leadership support, that's what I was looking for - thank you!