Do You Know How To Use Journey Lines In Your Retrospectives

Luis Gonçalves
Aug 26, 2017 · 2 min read

Hi, my next iteration retrospective is coming.

Since I ran out of good ideas for the retrospective I decided to get advice from my “Sensei”; he is a cool guy always ready to help us when we need. Below you can see the conversation between us.

Luis: Good morning Sensei, do you have time?

Sensei: Sure how can I help you?

Luis: You know our next Iteration is almost over, and I am thinking about good exercises for our retrospective. I am wondering if you could help me.

Sensei: Sure, but before we start can you please tell me how the iteration went? I would like to understand what did happen during the iteration so that I can give you better ideas.

Luis: Sure. This iteration was a bit complicated; there were a lot of things happening, a lot of different emotions I could almost compare it with a Roller Coaster.

Sensei: Hmmm I see… And what kind of exercise you think would suit to this retrospective?

Luis: Like I said, it was almost comparable to a Roller Coaster, so I believe something that would capture what happened during the iteration… I don’t know maybe some simple way to visualise the energy during the iteration…

I think everyone would benefit if they could see and understand how others felt with all those changes. I believe it is good to show our strengths and weaknesses to others; it shows to others that we are rational human beings like them.

If you want to continue you can see the rest of the article on my blog: https://luis-goncalves.com/journey-lines-retrospective/

My name is Luis Gonçalves and I am an Organisational Transformation Coachand I love to write about Agile Retrospectives, Agile Retrospectives Ideas, Scrum, the role Scrum Master, and Agile in general.

I have been creating Scrum Master Training for the agile community. If you are interested in knowing more or even working with me you can find me here: Agile Coach München.

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Luis Gonçalves is an Entrepreneur, Author & International Keynote Speaker. As a Management Consultant, he works with Senior Executives to improve Organisations

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