5.6 Activity: Satisfaction Histogram
Agile Retrospectives — by Esther Derby, Diana Larsen (34 / 72)
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Use this activity to set the stage and/or gather data in an iteration retrospective.
Purpose
Highlight how satisfied team members are with a focus area. Provide a visual picture of current status in a particular area to help the team have deeper discussions and analysis. Acknowledge differences in perspective among team members.
Time needed
Five to ten minutes.
Description
Team members use a histogram to gauge individual and group satisfaction with practices and process.
Steps
- Introduce the activity by saying “Today we’ll create a baseline measure of our level of satisfaction with the way we work together. We can repeat this activity in future iteration retrospectives to track our progress.”
- Show the flip charts to the team, read the definitions, and hand out index cards or other identical small slips of paper, one to each team member.
- “Please write a number on your card that tells your level of satisfaction on the team right now. Then fold the card, and put it in a pile here.”
- Stir the pile of cards, and ask for a volunteer to color in the graph as…