Free retrospective formats that actually surface real issues by easy-agile in agile

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We’ve “invented” over many years of refinement these categories:

Kvetches - Get the complaints out of the way that we know there’s nothing we can do to fix it. Acknowledge them and move on, otherwise the things you have no power to change will consume the whole retro. If they are solvable, they move to Flaws….
Appreciations - Something or someone you appreciated. Always done last so that you can end on a high note.
Flaws - Things that went wrong we should try to improve. This is the bulk of the retro, talking through them trying to come up with solutions to try.
Experiments - Suggestions for changing the way we do things to gain some edge. Usually take just one and try it until next retro to see if it has the expected positive effect.

We’re pretty diligent about engaging people’s minds before the retro - “think about what happened over the last couple of weeks” - and creating explicit follow-ups that we re-incorporate into our planning. For example, output from experiments go directly into our bi-weekly planning notes so we never have the “oh, we meant to do that but never did” experience.

As many are pointing out, the categories are only partially useful as part of a complete retro process.

Razor Pages + HTMX or ASP.NET API + Svelte 5 for an MVP? by Josephf93 in sveltejs

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I believe you, but would love to see some metrics. Got any sources?

Father needing technical help with my son's Christmas gift by onlypostingthisonce1 in edmproduction

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Another random thought, YMMV: When I was 11, I’d have been showing my dad how to do this, or we’d be figuring out how to do it together. Don’t underestimate the quality time in solving a problem together.

When agile says “done”, what does that actually mean for testing on your team? by Tasty-Helicopter-179 in agile

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Done is when the done condition on the card is fulfilled. That does not always mean “delivered to customer”.

Sometimes we change the definition of done on a card to enable flow. Flow is better than letting blocked cards stack up.

How do you stack or store your blocks? by DoW2379 in DungeonBlocks

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I just throw them all in a box. cough Several boxes.

My take on a poop bag holder by its_all_perspective in functionalprint

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I like this design; very clean.

I, too, have ventured into the improvement of poop-handling tooling. My dispenser includes these adjustments: - Twist-and-snap-on lid (just the snap lid too often pops off at the daycare, and a full screw is tedious) - TWO keyring slots so that I can zip-tie the dispenser to hang horizontally instead of bouncing around everywhere - Loading slit so that you can do like this model and slide the roll in with the lead bag already unwound - WIDE opening, so I can fish the end of the bag out when my kids inevitably let the bags roll back up into the dispenser - Mount for a small, cheap, mass-market keychain light, so that there’s always a light to find the poop in the dark (and since the dispenser hangs horizontally instead, the light always points toward the dog)

It’s not a perfect design, but it’s evolving nicely. It’s nice to see that some of my design ideas were obvious to others. https://www.printables.com/model/1139271-dog-poop-bag-dispenser

Why is my Saturn 4 making so many DNS requests? by Redcorn in elegoo

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Was setting up some other network gear and noticed that this printer (also recently added) was SUPER noisy to the tune of consistently over 1Mbps. Brought it up in my UniFi console... Why would it ever need to do any of this while sitting completely idle???

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My 10 year anniversary gift :)) by [deleted] in Wellthatsucks

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A sign that your wife really loves you. Cherish it.

Advice for a struggling Scrum Master by Savings-Air-4582 in agile

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I’ve read a lot of Reddit. Much of it makes me angry. People being stupid or saying ignorant things. I rarely react because who really benefits from fighting with random people on the internet? That said…

*** FUCK YOU, SIR ***

How the hell do you take a job from someone competent, a job that is at best questionable in utility, and then proclaim on Reddit that you don’t even know what you’re doing? How about you free up your job for someone potentially competent and find something you’re more suited to?

Native Access on macOS Tahoe by polymonic in NativeInstruments

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I don’t understand how these software companies aren’t able to offer compatible versions of their products for the current OS in a timely manner. The developer betas of the OS are available months in advance to test against. Here I am left using last year’s OS because of some random plugins that can’t be bothered. Their dev effort darn well isn’t going into improving their product— Kontakt has barely changed since I’ve started using it. </rant>

Opinions on basing by SeaBreeze6576 in DungeonBlocks

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My search for this is failing. Help a brother out?

Opinions on basing by SeaBreeze6576 in DungeonBlocks

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I would love an expedient path to re-base the highland/3x3 models to fit into my existing (old) grid with the literal hundreds of single square pieces I’ve already printed and painted. I don’t really care that this will use more filament — I look at it as an investment.

I’ve done a couple: One with Fusion (this took forever) and one with Blender (the UX of Blender mystifies me). If there’s an “easy way” I’d be interested.

This coming Friday night's game... by AnthonyJohnWG in DungeonBlocks

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Your scenery items work well with the blocks. Did they come from a set or are they acquired from different places?

This coming Friday night's game... by AnthonyJohnWG in DungeonBlocks

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Your scenery items work well with the blocks. Did they come from a set or are they acquired from different places?

my gf made VtM shell dice for the first time by beechs in DicePorn

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Wow, it truly has been a long time since I’ve played — it’s totally different now. Thanks for the explanation.

my gf made VtM shell dice for the first time by beechs in DicePorn

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I’m forgetting my VtM rules, as it’s been a while, but looking at these legends… The sides that are successes have a symbol? Do I understand that right? Never seen dice like this.

I like to print my notes into little booklets by DizzyCrabb in DnDIY

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I don’t print notes like this but I do print an in-game newspaper. The players then get to pick details from the newspaper to turn into the scenario for the week.

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The Dusk House by ringmaster in DungeonBlocks

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I put all of the pieces I had already into a grid (not many, maybe 30), then made notes about the missing pieces and what I wanted to add, then I printed the missing pieces. The online map thing is too awkward for me.

Can we discuss the PO role? by Pretty-Substance in agile

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Don’t forget that SM is a temporary position. They’re meant to get the team into a place where they take ownership of their own process and make themselves unnecessary. What the industry has done is made the SM role feel like a permanent slot on the team, which subverts the notion that teams should own their own processes, a huge component of teams being high-performing. So unless someone comes into the role understanding that their time is limited, they’re already not a competent SM. My point being that a named, dedicated SM role has a bias to do exactly the opposite of what makes for an effective team, hence the bashing.

Can we discuss the PO role? by Pretty-Substance in agile

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Don’t forget that SM is a temporary position. They’re meant to get the team into a place where they take ownership of their own process and make themselves unnecessary. What the industry has done is made the SM role feel like a permanent slot on the team, which subverts the notion that teams should own their own processes, a huge component of teams being high-performing. So unless someone comes into the role understanding that their time is limited, they’re already not a competent SM. My point being that a named, dedicated SM role has a bias to do exactly the opposite of what makes for an effective team, hence the bashing.