Episode
Retrospectives: Be Agile and Thrive
with April Edwards, Damon Stoddard
In this video we introduce the retrospective approach and tooling enabling teams to continuously improve and achieve a 20-25% productivity enhancement with as little as an hour per month. We also introduce a new capability of the retrospective tooling that helps teams identify factors that enable them to thrive.
Chapters
- 01:20 - Background on why retrospectives are so impactful
- 02:05 - Teams that conduct retrospectives are 20-25% more productive
- 03:30 - How to set-up a retrospective in Azure Dev-Ops
- 05:35 - Live retrospective demo
- 14:35 - Overview of factors that contribute to thriving teams
- 15:25 - How to set-up a retrospective board with Team Assessment
- 17:05 - Team Assessment questions and associated research
- 17:54 - Psychological safety research
- 19:00 - Reviewing your team's assessment results and creating a new board to analyze
- 20:49 - Improving psychological safety in development teams and associated research
Recommended resources
- Retrospectives Visual Studio extension documentation
- Retrospectives How-To Documentation
- AZ-400 Learning Path
- Intro to DevOps Practices Learning Path
- Intro to Azure DevOps Learning Path
Connect
- April Edwards | Twitter: @TheAprilEdwards | LinkedIn: in/azureapril/
- Damon Stoddard | LinkedIn: in/damonstoddard/
- Azure DevOps | Twitter: @AzureDevOps
In this video we introduce the retrospective approach and tooling enabling teams to continuously improve and achieve a 20-25% productivity enhancement with as little as an hour per month. We also introduce a new capability of the retrospective tooling that helps teams identify factors that enable them to thrive.
Chapters
- 01:20 - Background on why retrospectives are so impactful
- 02:05 - Teams that conduct retrospectives are 20-25% more productive
- 03:30 - How to set-up a retrospective in Azure Dev-Ops
- 05:35 - Live retrospective demo
- 14:35 - Overview of factors that contribute to thriving teams
- 15:25 - How to set-up a retrospective board with Team Assessment
- 17:05 - Team Assessment questions and associated research
- 17:54 - Psychological safety research
- 19:00 - Reviewing your team's assessment results and creating a new board to analyze
- 20:49 - Improving psychological safety in development teams and associated research
Recommended resources
- Retrospectives Visual Studio extension documentation
- Retrospectives How-To Documentation
- AZ-400 Learning Path
- Intro to DevOps Practices Learning Path
- Intro to Azure DevOps Learning Path
Connect
- April Edwards | Twitter: @TheAprilEdwards | LinkedIn: in/azureapril/
- Damon Stoddard | LinkedIn: in/damonstoddard/
- Azure DevOps | Twitter: @AzureDevOps
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