Episode

Retrospectives: Be Agile and Thrive

with April Edwards, Damon Stoddard

The DevOps Lab

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

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